Using the method of homogenization to calculate the effective diffusivity of the stratum corneum with permeable corneocytes

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 788-796

  Rim, Jee E ^a   Pinsky, Peter M ^b   van Osdol, William W ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c DURECT Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier membrane; Homogenization; Partitioning; Stratum corneum; Transdermal diffusion

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANES; DIFFUSION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; LIPIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

BARRIER MEMBRANES; LIPOPHILICITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSDERMAL DIFFUSION;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; KERATINOCYTE; LIPOPHILICITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 39649116621     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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