Distribution of Quantum Dot Nanoparticles That Penetrate Skin and Distinction of Combined Osmium Tetroxide in Electron Microscopic Analysis

March 2012 in “ Korean Journal of Microscopy ”

Ki-Ju Choi, Sang‐Yong Park, Jeong Min Lee, H J Shin, Jae‐Kyung Jung, Don‐Gil Lee, Garfurjon T. Mavonov, Tae–Hoo Yi

quantum dot nanoparticles stratum corneum sebocytes hair follicles free fatty acids osmium tetroxide

Studysummary This study found that nanoparticles can penetrate the skin, but artifacts produced during specimen preparation complicate accurate observation, and proposed a method for reducing errors in imaging quantum dots as tracers.

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