TY - JOUR
T1 - Designing inorganic light-protective skin nanotechnology products
AU - Popov, Alexey P.
AU - Zvyagin, Andrei V.
AU - Lademann, Juergen
AU - Roberts, Michael S.
AU - Sanchez, Washington
AU - Priezzhev, Alexander V.
AU - Myllylä, Risto
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - In this review, we discuss the use of inorganic nanoparticles, mainly zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2), for sunscreen applications considering their intrinsic physical properties and the Mie theory. These properties cause, from one side, attenuation of the ultraviolet light by absorption and scattering (dependent on a particle size), which is the purpose sunscreens are designed for, and formation of free radicals (i.e., phototoxicity) during this process-from the other. Particle penetration into skin is also an important issue addressed in this review due to possible adverse effects associated with interaction between nanoparticles and skin living cells.
AB - In this review, we discuss the use of inorganic nanoparticles, mainly zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2), for sunscreen applications considering their intrinsic physical properties and the Mie theory. These properties cause, from one side, attenuation of the ultraviolet light by absorption and scattering (dependent on a particle size), which is the purpose sunscreens are designed for, and formation of free radicals (i.e., phototoxicity) during this process-from the other. Particle penetration into skin is also an important issue addressed in this review due to possible adverse effects associated with interaction between nanoparticles and skin living cells.
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U2 - 10.1166/jbn.2010.1144
DO - 10.1166/jbn.2010.1144
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21329040
AN - SCOPUS:79953134585
SN - 1550-7033
VL - 6
SP - 432
EP - 451
JO - Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology
JF - Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology
IS - 5
ER -