Quantifying the Concentration and Penetration Depth of Long-Lived RONS in Plasma Activated Water by UV Absorption Spectroscopy

Authors

• Zhijie Liu
• Chunxi Zhou
• Dingxin Liu
• Tongtong He
• Li Guo
• Dehui Xu
• Michael G. Kong, Old Dominion UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Publication Title

AIP Advances

Volume

9

Pages

(015014) 1-12

DOI

10.1063/1.5037660

Abstract

Reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species (RONS) are believed to play a key role in biomedical applications, which means that RONS must reach the target tissue to produce a therapeutic effect. Existing methods (electron spin spectrometry and microplate reading) to determine the RONS concentration are not suitable for experimental real-time measurements because they require adding an indicating reagent to the plasma-treated medium, which may alter the chemical composition of the medium. In this paper, we propose a method to measure the long-lived RONS concentration in plasma-activated water (PAW) by using UV absorption spectroscopy. Based on an analysis and fit of the absorption spectra of standard solutions (H₂O₂, NaNO₂, and NaNO₃), we propose a detailed fitting procedure that allows us to calculate the concentrations of simplex H₂O₂, NO₂⁻, and NO₃⁻. The results show that the pH and the cross reactivity between RONS in PAW correlate strongly with the absorption spectra. To confirm the accuracy of the calculations, we also use a microplate reader and add chemical reagents to measure the concentrations of H₂O₂, NO₂⁻, and NO₃⁻. The results show that the concentrations calculated by the proposed fitting method are relatively accurate and that the error range is acceptable. Additionally, the time-dependent diffusion of RONS in PAW is measured and analyzed at different depths in the PAW. This fitting approach constitutes a nonintrusive approach to measure RONS at different depths in PAW.

Comments

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Original Publication Citation

Liu, Z. J., Zhou, C. X., Liu, D. X., He, T. T., Guo, L., Xu, D. H., & Kong, M. G. (2019). Quantifying the concentration and penetration depth of long-lived RONS in plasma-activated water by UV absorption spectroscopy. AIP Advances, 9, (015014) 015011-015012. doi:10.1063/1.5037660

Repository Citation

Liu, Zhijie; Zhou, Chunxi; Liu, Dingxin; He, Tongtong; Guo, Li; Xu, Dehui; and Kong, Michael G., "Quantifying the Concentration and Penetration Depth of Long-Lived RONS in Plasma Activated Water by UV Absorption Spectroscopy" (2019). Bioelectrics Publications. 268.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/bioelectrics_pubs/268