Dataset - Complex refractive index spectra of whole blood and aqueous solutions of anticoagulants, analgesics and buffers in the mid-infrared

The data contained in data.xlsx are those used to plot the figures in the article.Measurement data were collected by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy at the University of Southampton between June 2014 and January 2017. Full methodological details can be found in the article.The XY data for each figure are contained in separate worksheets within data.xlsx. Each dataset is labelled with its name and unit. Generally, for plots with several spectral traces with respect to wavelength, each trace is sampled at identical wavelengths so wavelength is only listed once. In Figs. 1, 3 and 4 in the article, each trace is offset from one another for clarity. This offset is listed for each trace in data.xlsx but is not included in the tabulated data.Briefly, each figure shows:
Fig.1: absorbance spectra of DI water, whole blood and aqueous solutions of paracetamol, aspirin, heparin, EDTA, PBS and CBC.
Fig. 2: empirical effective penetration depth deff calculated from the measured absorbance and literature k values of water.
Fig. 3: imaginary refractive index spectra k for whole blood and aqueous solutions of paracetamol, aspirin, heparin, EDTA, PBS and CBC.
Fig. 4: real refractive index spectra n for whole blood and aqueous solutions of paracetamol, aspirin, heparin, EDTA, PBS and CBC.
Fig. 5: real part of refractive index spectra n for whole blood and aqueous solutions of paracetamol, aspirin, heparin, EDTA, PBS and CBC.
Fig. 6: change in the real and imaginary parts of refractive index for whole blood with respect to water.
Fig. 7: change in the imaginary (top row) and real (bottom row) parts of refractive index for all the aqueous solutions with respect to water.The data may be reused under Creative Common Attribution v4.0.