Alteration of skin mechanics by thin polymer films

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-319

  Jachowicz, Janusz ^a   Mcmullen, Roger ^b   Prettypaul, Donald ^b  

^a Better Cosmetics LLC   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Indentometry; Polymers; Skin mechanics; Skin tightness; Young's modulae

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; CURVE FITTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATURAL POLYMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RUBBER FILMS; SKIN; SODIUM; SPEED; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CONTACT MECHANICS (B); DATA ANALYSIS; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETER (FP); HERTZ THEORY; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT (HMW); HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT POLYMERS; LAURYL METHACRYLATE; MECHANICAL SKIN; MODULUS OF ELASTICITY (MOE); NATURAL SKIN; POLYIMIDE (PI); POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE (PVP K 30); SODIUM ALGINATE (ALG); SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; THIN POLYMER FILMS; VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS;

SKIN EFFECT;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COPOLYMER; LAURYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER; POLYIMIDE 1; POLYMER; POLYQUATERNIUM 55; POVIDONE; STIFFENER;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; HYSTERESIS; INDENTOMETRY; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN SURFACE; SKINFOLD; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; COSMETICS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; POLYMERS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 48249124694     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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