Alteration of skin light-scattering and absorption properties by application of sunscreen nanoparticles: A Monte Carlo study

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1891-1897

  Popov, Alexey P ^a,b   Priezzhev, Alexander V ^b   Lademann, Jürgen ^c   Myllylä, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mie theory; Monte Carlo Simulations; Nanoparticles; Optical properties; Scattering; Si; Skin; Sunscreen; TiO2; Transmittance; UV light; ZnO

Indexed keywords

MIE THEORY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SUNSCREEN; TIO; TRANSMITTANCE; ZNO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUN HOODS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ABSORPTION; MIE THEORY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SILICON; SKIN; TITANIUM; TRANSMITTANCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 79958724162     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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