Determination of the cuticula thickness of human and porcine hairs and their potential influence on the penetration of nanoparticles into the hair follicles

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lademann, Juergen ^a   Patzelt, Alexa ^a   Richter, Heike ^a   Antoniou, Christina ^b   Sterry, Wolfram ^a   Knorr, Fanny ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Hair follicle; Nanoparticles; Scanning electron microscopy; Skin penetration

Indexed keywords

HAIR FOLLICLE; LONG-TERM STORAGES; MEDICAL TREATMENTS; OPTIMAL SIZES; SKIN PENETRATION;

DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

NANOPARTICLES;

SUS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HAIR; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; SWINE;

EID: 62149115553     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3078813     Document Type: Article

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