Virus inactivation through cold plasma application: a review

One of the main objects of research in the field of the application of ionized gases (plasmas) for therapeutic purposes (plasma medicine) is that of disinfection, mainly obtained by chemical reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, formed by the action of a low temperature plasma. The majority of studies on this subject cover the action of plasma on bacteria and, in a lesser measure, fungi. In the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic, it is of great interest to study the possibilities offered by this technology for what concerns virus inactivation. The purpose of this thesis is to draw up a review of the existent literature on the effect of low temperature plasmas on viruses, dividing the consulted articles on the basis of the technology used to generate the plasma and the resulting physical parameters.