Kinetics and Equilibrium of Solute Diffusion into Human Hair

    July 2012 in “ Annals of biomedical engineering ”
    Liming Wang, Longjian Chen, Lujia Han, Guoping Lian
    Studysummary This study found that the uptake of molecules by hair is influenced by both hydrophobic and ionic charge interactions, with binding affinity decreasing as pH approaches the solute's dissociation constant.
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