Graded delamination behavior of human stratum corneum

Biomaterials

Volumn 27, Issue 34, 2006, Pages 5861-5870

  Wu, Kenneth S ^a   Stefik, Morgan M ^a   Ananthapadmanabhan, K P ^b   Dauskardt, Reinhold H ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epithelial cell; Fracture toughness; Mechanical properties; Stratum corneum; Tissue treatment

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL CELLS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TISSUE TREATMENT;

DELAMINATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METHANOL; PH; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

TISSUE;

BUFFER; CHLOROFORM; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; METHANOL; SURFACTANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM; TEMPERATURE;

CELL ADHESION; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33748582904     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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