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The study found that a polymer treatment changes the charge on hair surfaces, making bleached hair smoother and less porous.

In this study, the use of internal wool lipid liposomes was shown to improve the lipid composition and increase the resistance to breaking in both untreated and chemically treated hair fibers.

In this study, hydrophobic interactions were found to primarily drive deposition on virgin hair, while electrostatic interactions were more significant for bleached hair, highlighting different target moieties for hair conditioning products.

This study reports the development of a MEMS silicon-hair device capable of detecting minute forces and moments, replicating the sensory functions of human hair follicles with high sensitivity.

This study reports a highly sensitive MEMS silicon-hair device that mimics hair follicle functions by detecting minimal forces and moments, including electrostatic attraction and surface tension of liquids.

This study's molecular dynamics simulations suggest that electrostatic interactions mainly stabilize peptide binding to human hair keratin, with the protein's dielectric constant significantly affecting free energy calculations.

This study reported that a novel nanomedicine combining berberine and sinapic acid significantly inhibited the growth of mouse mammary carcinoma cells and demonstrated an anti-tumor effect in vivo, without significant systemic toxicity after 28 days, suggesting a promising, low-toxicity therapeutic strategy for breast cancer.

This chapter provides an overview of the complex chemical and physical structure of the hair surface, detailing how factors like ethnicity, environmental stress, and cosmetic treatments can alter its properties and influence the adhesion of hair care products.

In this controlled study, a pulsed electrical field treatment significantly increased hair regrowth compared to baseline and the control group over 36 weeks, without observed side effects.

This study reports the development of a natural hair-coloring system using size-controlled ink particles from cuttlefish ink combined with chitosan, achieving darker and more uniform black coloration on hair than existing plant-based natural colorants, without the need for metallic mordants.

Hair movement can indicate hair quality and health.

Hair movement can indicate hair quality and health.

This study found that dimethylpabamidopropyl laurdimonium tosylate, a quaternary ammonium surfactant, adsorbs onto human scalp hair with kinetic and isotherm behaviors fitting specific models, changing hair fiber wettability from hydrophobic to hydrophilic.

Method accurately measures finasteride in tablets using finasteride-BSA interaction.

Hair fibers interact through classical forces, which are influenced by treatments and products, important for hair care and other applications.

This review discusses in vitro methods for evaluating the effects of hair care products on hair fibers, reporting no new results; the authors emphasize the importance of selecting appropriate and accurate equipment for testing.

In this study, researchers used atomic force microscopy to capture and analyze morphological changes in the surface of healthy hair, identifying features such as pitting and rod-shaped macro-fibrillar elements, which could inform future research on hair conditions and care.

This study introduced a novel graphene-based hair dye that is non-reactive, non-invasive, and eliminates toxic chemicals, while providing durable color, antistatic properties, and efficient heat dissipation, even after 30 washes.

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.

This study found that alkali bromide solutions are absorbed into hair depending on salt activity, and the presence of the salt increases water absorption compared to normal conditions.

This study found that the binding and release of BMP-2 from kerateine biomaterials are significantly influenced by pH and salt concentration, highlighting the potential for developing improved bone repair systems.

This study found that cationic surfactant-based conditioning systems significantly improve hair combability by forming a stable low-friction film on hair surfaces, reducing friction and enhancing sensory performance compared to standard systems, as confirmed by both instrumental and sensory evaluations.

This study found that cationic surfactant-based conditioning systems significantly reduce friction on hair fibers, improving wet and dry combability by forming a stable film layer on the hair’s surface, as verified by both instrumental and sensory evaluations.

This study developed a model showing that keratin elasticity in skin may be influenced by electrostatic and bridging interactions between keratin filaments, contingent on the balance of charges in the surrounding medium.

This study systematically reviews the development and applications of drug-loaded nanofiber scaffolds in wound healing, highlighting challenges such as maintaining drug activity and achieving controlled release, while summarizing preparation methods and describing advanced drug delivery schemes.

This review highlights the potential of microneedles for immunotherapy, emphasizing their ability to enhance immune responses and reduce side effects through precise and stimuli-responsive delivery, especially in tumor treatment, while also noting the limitations and areas for improvement in current systems.

In this study, PEG and keratin scaffolds selectively influenced protein release rates based on charge and size, suggesting their potential for targeted delivery of protein therapeutics.

In this study, desmopressin-loaded elastic liposomes (ODEL1) showed improved permeation and drug deposition across rat skin by altering the skin's cohesive energies and causing reversible changes on its surface.

In this study, researchers developed a new sodium alginate/chitosan/Zn2+ hydrogel that showed improved physical properties, antibacterial activity, and biocompatibility, and demonstrated enhanced wound healing and skin regeneration in an in vitro model.

This review categorizes contractile hydrogels by their contraction mechanisms and explores their role in advanced wound management, emphasizing mechanical and biochemical signaling in healing, but also notes challenges like force transmission and clinical applicability.