Is Plasma Activated Water Really Magical? A Reflection on the Phenomenon

IF 2.5 3区物理与天体物理 Q3 ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI:10.1007/s11090-025-10565-0

Vladimír Scholtz, Jana Jirešová, Eliška Lokajová, Tereza Měřínská, Laura Thonová, Božena Šerá

{"title":"Is Plasma Activated Water Really Magical? A Reflection on the Phenomenon","authors":"Vladimír Scholtz, Jana Jirešová, Eliška Lokajová, Tereza Měřínská, Laura Thonová, Božena Šerá","doi":"10.1007/s11090-025-10565-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>A reflection on the phenomenon of plasma-activated water (PAW), its brief history and properties. PAW arises from the accumulation of reactive plasma products (mainly H2O2, NO2−, NO3−, O3 and sometimes HNO, ONOOH) in water and has many interesting and beneficial properties on both living and non-living biological objects. It has attracted considerable attention in the last 15 years and raises the question whether it might not be simpler to prepare it artificially (APAW) directly by mixing chemical compounds. There are several papers which have compared the effects of PAW with APAW and conclude that there is probably no significant difference. In this paper, we conclude that the preparation of PAW is several times more expensive than that of APAW. However, we also note that there may be specific situations in which the production of PAW could be advantageous, such as its efficient role in storing energy in the form of nitrate ions, which can serve as a nutritional source for plants.</div>","PeriodicalId":734,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing","volume":"45 4","pages":"1337 - 1351"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11090-025-10565-0.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11090-025-10565-0","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

A reflection on the phenomenon of plasma-activated water (PAW), its brief history and properties. PAW arises from the accumulation of reactive plasma products (mainly H₂O₂, NO₂⁻, NO₃⁻, O₃ and sometimes HNO, ONOOH) in water and has many interesting and beneficial properties on both living and non-living biological objects. It has attracted considerable attention in the last 15 years and raises the question whether it might not be simpler to prepare it artificially (APAW) directly by mixing chemical compounds. There are several papers which have compared the effects of PAW with APAW and conclude that there is probably no significant difference. In this paper, we conclude that the preparation of PAW is several times more expensive than that of APAW. However, we also note that there may be specific situations in which the production of PAW could be advantageous, such as its efficient role in storing energy in the form of nitrate ions, which can serve as a nutritional source for plants.

查看原文本刊更多论文

等离子活化水真的有魔力吗？对这一现象的反思

对等离子体活化水（PAW）现象及其简史和性质的反思。PAW源于反应性血浆产物（主要是H2O2， NO2−,NO3−,O3，有时还有HNO， ONOOH）在水中的积累，对生物和非生物物体都有许多有趣和有益的特性。在过去的15年中，它引起了相当大的关注，并提出了一个问题，即通过混合化合物直接人工制备（APAW）是否会更简单。有几篇论文比较了PAW和APAW的效果，得出的结论是可能没有显著差异。在本文中，我们得出的结论是，制备PAW的成本是APAW的几倍。然而，我们也注意到，在某些特定情况下，PAW的产生可能是有利的，例如它以硝酸盐离子的形式有效地储存能量，可以作为植物的营养来源。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing 工程技术-工程：化工

CiteScore

5.90

自引率

8.30%

发文量

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Publishing original papers on fundamental and applied research in plasma chemistry and plasma processing, the scope of this journal includes processing plasmas ranging from non-thermal plasmas to thermal plasmas, and fundamental plasma studies as well as studies of specific plasma applications. Such applications include but are not limited to plasma catalysis, environmental processing including treatment of liquids and gases, biological applications of plasmas including plasma medicine and agriculture, surface modification and deposition, powder and nanostructure synthesis, energy applications including plasma combustion and reforming, resource recovery, coupling of plasmas and electrochemistry, and plasma etching. Studies of chemical kinetics in plasmas, and the interactions of plasmas with surfaces are also solicited. It is essential that submissions include substantial consideration of the role of the plasma, for example, the relevant plasma chemistry, plasma physics or plasma–surface interactions; manuscripts that consider solely the properties of materials or substances processed using a plasma are not within the journal’s scope.