Optimizing and tailoring cold atmospheric plasma parameters for C. albicans biofilms eradication

Keywords applied voltage , Candida albicans , cold atmospheric plasma , fungicidal , treatment duration Citation Lunder M, Dahle S and Fink R (2026) Optimizing and tailoring cold atmospheric plasma parameters for C. albicans biofilms eradication . Front. Microbiol. 17:1786008. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1786008 Received 12 January 2026 Revised 25 March 2026 Accepted 25 March 2026 Published 10 April 2026 Volume 17 - 2026 Edited by Eva Vaòková , University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czechia Reviewed by Carlos Eduardo Bezerra Moura , Federal University Rural Semi-Arid, Brazil Cristiane Yumi Koga Ito , São Paulo State University, Brazil Updates Check for updates Copyright © 2026 Lunder, Dahle and Fink. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. * Correspondence: Rok Fink, rok.fink@zf.uni-lj.si Disclaimer All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.