Modeling of plasma-activated aqueous chemistry*

Plasma-activated water is gaining increasing attention in biomedical applications due to its potential to produce abundant reactive species. However, plasma-induced aqueous chemistry is complicated and its mechanism is not fully understood. A newly developed time-dependent one-dimensional numerical model reveals the effects of the influx of various plasma-induced reactive oxygen/nitrogen species on aqueous chemistry. In particular, the emphasis is on elucidating the chemistry of interactions with nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, chlorine and water driven by plasma species.