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T1 - In-situ UV absorption spectroscopy for monitoring transport of plasma reactive species through agarose as surrogate for tissue
AU - Oh, Jun Seok
AU - Szili, Endre J.
AU - Gaur, Nishtha
AU - Hong, Sung Ha
AU - Furuta, Hiroshi
AU - Short, Robert D.
AU - Hatta, Akimitsu
PY - 2015/10/2
Y1 - 2015/10/2
N2 - We demonstrated the efficacy of using a simple experimental approach, involving UV absorption spectroscopy, to monitor the transport of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) through an agarose film (as surrogate for real tissue) into deionized (DI) water. The experiment involved placing a 4 mm thick agarose film over a quartz cuvette filled with DI water. The agarose film was exposed to a non-thermal, He atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) and the UV absorption of the DI water was recorded in real-time. Our results indicate an accumulation of RONS within the agarose film during APPJ exposure and a subsequent time-lapsed release of RONS into the DI water. Curve fitting of the UV spectra suggested the APPJ transported and / or generated at least four RONS (NaNO2, HNO3, H2O2 and O2) through the 4 mm thick agarose film. Our approach of analyzing the delivery depth of RONS through synthetic tissue targets might find use in the future development of APPJ medical therapies and for improving our understanding of APPJ interactions with soft tissue.
AB - We demonstrated the efficacy of using a simple experimental approach, involving UV absorption spectroscopy, to monitor the transport of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) through an agarose film (as surrogate for real tissue) into deionized (DI) water. The experiment involved placing a 4 mm thick agarose film over a quartz cuvette filled with DI water. The agarose film was exposed to a non-thermal, He atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) and the UV absorption of the DI water was recorded in real-time. Our results indicate an accumulation of RONS within the agarose film during APPJ exposure and a subsequent time-lapsed release of RONS into the DI water. Curve fitting of the UV spectra suggested the APPJ transported and / or generated at least four RONS (NaNO2, HNO3, H2O2 and O2) through the 4 mm thick agarose film. Our approach of analyzing the delivery depth of RONS through synthetic tissue targets might find use in the future development of APPJ medical therapies and for improving our understanding of APPJ interactions with soft tissue.
KW - Agarose film
KW - In-situ UV absorption
KW - Plasma medicine
KW - Tissue model
KW - Transport of RONS
U2 - 10.2494/photopolymer.28.439
DO - 10.2494/photopolymer.28.439
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84941370001
VL - 28
SP - 439
EP - 444
JO - Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology
SN - 0914-9244
IS - 3
ER -