Distribution and Localization of Hydrophobic and Ionic Chemical Groups at the Surface of Bleached Human Hair Fibers

    October 2014 in “ Langmuir ”
    Michael Korte, S. Akari, Harald Kühn … Gustavo S. Luengo
    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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