Febbraio 2015 archive

IAP Group will organize the joint conference of COST ACTIONS CMST TD1208 and MPNS MP1101 – Bertinoro (Italy) 13 – 16 Sept 2015


IAP Group members will organize the first joint conference of COST ACTIONS CMST TD1208 “Electrical discharges with liquids for future applications” and MPNS MP1101 “Biomedical Applications of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology”.

The conference will be held the 13-16 September 2015 in Bertinoro (Italy).
Bertinoro is a medieval town located in the heart of Romagna region, 80 km est of Bologna. Further information on the conference program and fee will be announced shortly.

2nd Annual Meeting on COST Action TD1208 “Electrical Discharges with liquids for Future Application”

The 2nd Annual Meeting on COST Action TD1208 “Electrical Discharges with liquids for Future Application” is held in Barcellona from the 23rd to the 26th February 2015.

Our contribution:
– DIRECT AND INDIRECT TREATMENT OF PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS IN LIQUID MEDIUM BY MEANS OF A LOW POWER INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA (ICP) TORCH: EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTS AND CYTOCOMPATIBILITY (oral presentation)

–  CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE REACTIVE SPECIES PRODUCED IN WATER BY LIQUID AND GAS PHASE PLASMA DISCHARGES DRIVEN BY NANOSECOND PULSES (oral presentation)

– PLASMA GUN DECONTAMINATION OF BACTERIA IN LIQUID SUSPENSION  (poster presentation)

– IN VIVO INVESTIGATION ON THE EFFECTS OF PLASMA ACTIVATED WATER AGAINST PLANT PATHOGENIC BACTERIA (poster presentation)

(Our members Romolo Laurita and Matteo Gherardi at the COST meeting)

 

IEEE – ICOPS 2015

The 42nd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) will be held in Turkey May 24-28, 2015 in Belek, Antalya on the Southern Mediterranean Coast at the Cornelia Convention Center.

Our contribution:
– INVESTIGATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY OF A PLASMA GUN SOURCE FOR ENDODONTIC APPLICATIONS (invited oral presentation)

–  CHARACTERIZATION OF A COLD ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JET DRIVEN BY NANOSECOND HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSES (oral presentation)

– MASS SPECTROSCOPY AND ICCD ANALYSIS OF COUPLED AND UNCOUPLED MODE  IN A GATLING-GUN LIKE PLASMA SOURCE  (poster presentation)

– CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF BACTERICIDAL EFFECT AND CYTOCOMPATIBILITY OF A LOW POWER ICP SOURCE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS (oral presentation)

– AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE JET OF AN ICP TORCH AND A CYLIDRICAL SUBSTRATE  (poster presentation)

– ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE NON-THERMAL PLASMA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS (oral presentation)

– CROSSLINKING OF WATER-SOLUBLE PULLULAN NANOFIBROUS MATS THROUGH ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENT (oral presentation)

Prof. Diego Mantovani visiting our laboratories – 5 February 2015

Prof. Diego Mantovani from Laboratory for Biomaterials and Bioengineering – Laval University, Québec, visited our laboratories on February 5, 2015.