Distribution and Localization of Hydrophobic and Ionic Chemical Groups at the Surface of Bleached Human Hair Fibers
October 2014
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Langmuir
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dynamic Chemical Force Microscopy Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy oxidative bleaching hydrophobic top layer hydrophilic SO3 end groups cysteic acid thioester bonds fatty acids cysteine oxidation Self Assembled Monolayer nano-scale imaging ionic sites hair care products re-hydrophobization dCFM FTIR-ATR bleaching SO3 groups SAM nano-imaging hair products
Studysummary This study concluded that bleach treatment partly transforms the hydrophobic top layer of human hair cuticles into a hydrophilic surface with clustered cysteic acid, visualized at the nano-scale using dynamic Chemical Force Microscopy.
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