Unzipping the cuticle of the human hair shaft to obtain micron/nano keratin filaments

Biopolymers

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 614-618

  Cao, Jinan ^a   Wijaya, Ratna ^a   Leroy, Frédéric ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

helix; Cortex; Cuticle; Human hair; Intermediate; Keratin; Macrofibril; Protein

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYPEPTIDES; SOLVENTS; UREA;

CORTEX; CUTICLE; HUMAN HAIR; KERATIN; MACROFIBRIL;

PROTEINS;

KERATIN; SOLVENT; UREA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CUTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBER; HAIR; HUMAN;

HAIR; HUMANS; KERATINS;

EID: 33845578793     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: 10970282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bip.20594     Document Type: Article

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