Papers

  • “Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma in Root Canal Disinfection: The Efficacy of Plasma-Treated Water as a Root Canal Irrigant”, Kaname Yamamoto, Tomoko Ohshima, Katsuhisa Kitano, Satoshi Ikawa, Hiromitsu Yamazaki, Nobuko Maeda, Noriyasu Hosoya, Asian Pacific Journal of Dentistry (2017).
  • “Plasma-treated Water Eliminates Streptococcus mutans in Infected Dentin Model “, Tatsuya Tasaki, Tomoko Ohshima, Emi Usui, Satoshi Ikawa, Katsuhisa Kitano, Nobuko Maeda, Yasuko Momoi, Dental Materials Journal (2016) .
  • “Physicochemical properties of bactericidal plasma-treated water”, Satoshi Ikawa, Atsushi Tani, Yoichi Nakashima, Katsuhisa Kitano, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49, 4255401 (2016).
  • “Ion-exchange chromatographic analysis of peroxynitric acid “, Yoichi Nakashima, Satoshi Ikawa, Atsushi Tani, Katsuhisa Kitano, Journal of Chromatography A, 1431, 89–93 (2016).
  • “Plasma Sterilization of Caries-infected Dentin Model with Reduced pH Method”, Emi Usui, Tomoko Ohshima, Hiromitsu Yamazaki, Satoshi Ikawa, Katsuhisa Kitano, Nobuko Maeda and Yasuko Momoi, The Japanese Journal of Conservative Dentistry Vol.58,No.2,101-108(2015).
  • “Diagnosis of superoxide anion radical induced in liquids by atmospheric-pressure plasma using superoxide dismutase”, A. Tani, S. Fukui, S. Ikawa, K. Kitano, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 01AF01 (2015).
  • “Evaluation of fatty acid oxidation by reactive oxygen species induced in liquids using atmospheric-pressure nonthermal plasma jets”, Atsushi Tani, Satoshi Fukui, Satoshi Ikawa, Katsuhisa Kitano, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 48, 424010 (2015).
  • “Chemical modification of amino acids by atmospheric-pressure cold plasma in aqueous solution”, E. Takai, T. Kitamura, J. Kuwabara, S. Ikawa, S. Yoshizawa, K. Shiraki, H. Kawasaki, R. Arakawa, K. Kitano, J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 47, 285403, 15page, (2014).
  • “Degeneration of amyloid-s fibrils caused by exposure to low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasma in aqueous solution”, Eisuke Takai, Gai Ohashi, Tomonori Yoshida, Karin Margareta Sorgjerd, Tamotsu Zako, Mizuo Maeda, Katsuhisa Kitano and Kentaro Shiraki, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 023701 (2014).
  • “Reactions of HOCO radicals through hydrogen-atom hopping utilizing clathrate hydrates as an observational matrix”, Motoi Oshima, Atsushi Tani, Takeshi Sugahara, Katsuhisa Kitano, Kazunari Ohgaki, Phys Chem Chem Phys. 16(8):3792-7 (2014).
  • “Molecular mechanism of plasma sterilization in solution with the reduced pH method :importance of permeation of HOO radicals into the cell membrane”, Eisuke Takai, Satoshi Ikawa, Katsuhisa Kitano, Junpei Kuwabara, Kentaro Shiraki, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46, 295402, (2013).
  • “Degeneration of amyloid-s fibrils caused by exposure to low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasma in aqueous solution”, Eisuke Takai, Gai Ohashi, Tomonori Yoshida, Karin Margareta Sorgjerd, Tamotsu Zako, Mizuo Maeda, Katsuhisa Kitano and Kentaro Shiraki, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 023701 (2014).
  • “Reactions of HOCO radicals through hydrogen-atom hopping utilizing clathrate hydrates as an observational matrix”, Motoi Oshima, Atsushi Tani, Takeshi Sugahara, Katsuhisa Kitano, Kazunari Ohgaki, Phys Chem Chem Phys. 16(8):3792-7 (2014).
  • “Molecular mechanism of plasma sterilization in solution with the reduced pH method :importance of permeation of HOO radicals into the cell membrane”, Eisuke Takai, Satoshi Ikawa, Katsuhisa Kitano, Junpei Kuwabara, Kentaro Shiraki, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46, 295402, (2013).
  • “Free radicals induced in aqueous solution by non-contact atmospheric-pressure cold plasma”, Tani, Y. Ono, S. Fukui, S. Ikawa, K. Kitano, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 254103 (2012)
  • “Extracellular matrix patterning for cell alignment by atmospheric pressure plasma jets”, A. Ando, T. Asano, A. Sayed, R. Tero, K. Kitano, T. Urisu, S. Hamaguchi, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 51, 036201 (2012).
  • “Protein Inactivation by Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma in Aqueous Solution”, Eisuke Takai, Katsuhisa Kitano, Junpei Kuwabara, Kentaro Shiraki, Plasma Processes and Polymers 9, 77-82 (2012).
  • “Electron density measurement of inductively coupled plasmas by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS)”, Ayumi Ando, Tomoko Kurose, Vivien Reymond, Katsuhisa Kitano, Hideaki Kitahara, Keisuke Takano, Masahiko Tani, Masanori Hangyo, and Satoshi Hamaguchi, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 073303 (2011).
  • “Surface Modification of Ceramic Nanophosphors by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma”, H. Hyodo, N. Sato, K. Kitano and K. Soga, Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, Vol. 24 , No. 4 429-433 (2011).
  • “Effects of pH on Bacterial Inactivation in Aqueous Solutions due to Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Application”, S. Ikawa, K. Kitano, and S. Hamaguchi, Plasma Process. Polym. 7(1), 33-42 (2010).
  • “Facile creation of biointerface on commodity plastic surface by combination of atmospheric plasma and reactive polymer coating”, N. Kanayama, Saha Swapan Kumar, N. Nakayama, J. Nakanishi, K. Kitano, S. Hamaguchi, Y. Nagasaki, Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, Volume 23、Issue 4、Pages 579-583、
  • “Protein pattering by atmospheric-pressure plasmas” A. Ando, A. Sayed, T. Asano, R. Tero, K. Kitano, T. Urisu and S. Hamaguchi, J. Phys. :Conf. Series 227(1) (5pp) 012016 (2010).
  • “Electron density measurement for plasmas by Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy,” A. Ando, H. Kitahara, T. Kurose, K. Kitano, K. Takano, M. Tani, M. Hangyo, and S. Hamaguchi, J. Phys. :Conf. Series 227(1) 012016 (2010).
  • “Azimuthally non-uniform equilibrium of field-reversed configuration sustained by rotating magnetic field with spatial high-harmonic components”, M. Inomoto, K. Yambe, K. Kitano, S. Okada, Nuclear Fusion , Volume 49, Issue 5, Article number 0550102009, (2009).
  • “High-Beta steady-state FRC plasma sustained by rotating magnetic field with spatial high-harmonic components”, M. Inomoto, K. Yambe, K. Kitano, S. Okada, T. Asai,, Journal of Fusion Energy, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp. 162-164 (2009).
  • “Nonequilibrium Atmospheric Plasma Jets Assisted Stabilization of Drug Delivery Carriers: Preparation and Characterization of Biodegradable Polymeric Nano-Micelles with Enhanced Stability”, S. Sumitani, H. Murotani, M. Oishi, K. Kitano, S. Hamaguchi, and Y. Nagasaki, J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol., 22 (4) 467-471 (2009).
  • “Creation of Biointerface by Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of Plasma Sensitive Polymeric Materials”, Swapan Kumar Saha, J. Nakanishi, K. Kitano, S. Hamaguchi, Y. Nagasaki, J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol., 22 (4) 481-484 (2009).
  • “Preparation of Stable Water-Dispersible PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles Assisted by Nonequilibrium Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jets”, H. Furusho, K. Kitano, S. Hamaguchi, and Y. Nagasaki, Chem. Mater. 21(15) 3526-3535 (2009).
  • “Design of Biointerface by Nonequilibrium Atmospheric Plasma Jets -Approach from Plasma Susceptible Polymers-“, Y. Nagasaki, M. Umeyama, M. Iijima, K. Kitano, S. Hamaguchi, J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol., 21, 267-270 (2008).
  • “Development of NIR Bioimaging Systems”, K. Soga, T. Tsuji, F. Tashiro, J. Chiba, M. Oishi, K. Yoshimoto, Y. Nagasaki, K. Kitano, S. Hamaguchi, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 106 012023 (2008).
  • “Plasma generation inside externally supplied Ar bubbles in water”, H. Aoki, K. Kitano, S. Hamaguchi, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 17, 025006 (2008).
  • “Recent FRC plasma studies,” S. Okada, T. Masumoto, S. Yamamoto, M. Inomoto, K. Kitano, and S. Yoshimura, Transactions of Fusion Science and Technology (2007),
  • “Synthesis of uniformly dispersed metal nanoparticles with dispersion stability by nonequilibrium atmospheric plasma jets”, H. Furusho, D. Miyamoto, Y. Nagasaki, K. Kitano and S. Hamaguchi, J. Photopolym. Sci. technol., 20 (2), 229-233, (2007).
  • “Field-reversed configuration maintained by rotating magnetic field with high spatial harmonics”, M. Inomoto, K. Kitano and S. Okada, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 175003, 1-4, (2007).
  • “Propagation and damping characteristics of low-frequency waves in field-reversed configuration plasmas”, M. Inomoto, S. Yamamoto, N. Iwasawa, K.Kitano and S. Okada, Phys. Plasmas 14, 102513, 1-4, (2007).
  • “Radio-Frequency (RF)-driven atmospheric-pressure plasmas in contact with liquid”, K. Kitano, H. Aoki, and S. Hamaguchi, 45(10B), 8294-8297 (2006).
  • “Additional control experiments on field reversed configuration plasma”, S. Okada, F. Kodera, K. Kitano, M. Inomoto, S. Yoshimura, M. Okubo, S. Sugimoto, S. Ohi, and S. Goto, Transactions of Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 43, No. 1T, pp. 295-298, (2002).
  • “Computer tomography system for investigation of translation process of FRC plasma on the FIX device”, K. Shinagawa, S. Yoshimura, S. Sugimoto, K. Kitano, A. Nakamura, S. Okada, and S. Goto, Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES, Vol. 5, pp. 215-219, (2002).
  • “Computer tomography of axially compressed field reversed configuration plasma on the FIX device”, S. Yoshimura, K. Shinagawa, S. Sugimoto, K. Kitano, S. Okada, and S. Goto, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 60-61, (2002).
  • “Dynamic process during axial magnetic compression of field-reversed configuration (FRC) for equilibrium shape control”, K.Kitano, S.Maeshima, S.Okada, S.Goto, Physics of Plasmas, Vol.8, pp3630-3634, (2001).
  • “Experiments on additional heating of FRC plasmas”, S.Okada, T.Asai, F.Kodera, K.Kitano, Y.Suzuki, K.Yamanaka, T.Kanki, M.Inomoto, S.Yoshimura, M.Okubo, S.Sugimoto, S.Ohi, S.Goto, Nucl. Fusion, Vol.41, pp625-629, (2001).
  • “Heating experiment of field-reversed configuration plasma by low-frequency magnetic pulse”, K.Yamanaka, S.Yoshimura, K.Kitano, S.Okada, S.Goto, Physics of Plasmas, Vol.7, pp2755-2758, (2000).
  • “Axial length and separatrix radius behavior of field-reversed configuration plasma in dynamic compression of mirror distance”, K.Kitano, K.Yamanaka, S.Okada, and S.Goto, Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp.1158-1162, (2000).
  • “Axial compression of a field reversed configuration plasma”, S.Okada, K.Kitano, H.Matsumoto, K.Yamanaka, T.Ohtsuka, A.K.Martin, M.Okubo, S.Yoshimura, S.Sugimoto, S.Ohi, and S.Goto, Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 39, No. 11Y, pp.2009-2013, (1999).
  • “Discussion on Some Additional Heating Schemes of an FRC Plasma”, S.Okada, K.Kitano, H.Matsumoto, K.Yamanaka, T.Ohtsuka, A.K.Martin, M.Okubo, S.Yoshimura, S.Sugimoto, and S.Goto, J. Plasma Fusion Res. SERIES, Vol. 2, pp206-209, (1999).
  • “Shape Control of Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma by Axial Compression”, K.Kitano, H.Matsumoto, S.Okada, and S.Goto, J. Plasma Fusion Res. SERIES, Vol. 2, pp210-213, (1999).
  • “Estimation method of a separatrix profile of field-reverced configuration plasma with the deconvolution concept”, K.Yamanaka, Y.Suzuki, K.Kitano, S.Ito, S.Okada, S.Goto, Rev. Sci. Instrum., Vol. 70, number 1, pp431-434 (1999).