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August 2014 in “Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces” This study found that hydrophobic lipid-coated silica nanoparticles penetrated deeper into human stratum corneum compared to their hydrophilic counterparts, highlighting the influence of surface polarity on skin penetration.
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September 2017 in “Analytica Chimica Acta” This review discusses the growing use of scalp hair for elemental analysis in various fields and highlights advancements in analysis techniques, including the future potential of laser ablation ICP-MS, but reports no new clinical results.
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July 2017 in “Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly” This review discusses the analysis of pharmaceutical relics from prehistoric times to the twentieth century and emphasizes the need for a multifaceted approach, but it presents no new experimental results.
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February 1998 in “Analytical Chemistry” Method detects finasteride in plasma at very low concentrations.