Alteration of skin light-scattering and absorption properties by application of sunscreen nanoparticles: A Monte Carlo study

Alexey P. Popov; Alexander V. Priezzhev; Jürgen Lademann; Risto Myllylä

doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.01.015

Alteration of skin light-scattering and absorption properties by application of sunscreen nanoparticles: A Monte Carlo study

Alexey P. Popov, Alexander V. Priezzhev, Jürgen Lademann, Risto Myllylä

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We report about the results of our investigations on the alteration of optical properties of the superficial layer of human skin at four UV range wavelengths, 310, 318, 360 and 400nm, by application of 35-200nm-sized particles of titanium dioxide (TiO₂), silicon (Si) and zinc oxide (ZnO). The theoretical study based on combination of the Mie theory and Monte Carlo simulations reveals the optimal sizes of the nanoparticles minimizing the light transmittance for the considered wavelengths.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1891-1897
Journal	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Volume	112
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.01.015
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2011
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Mie theory
Monte Carlo Simulations
Nanoparticles
Optical properties
Scattering
Si
Skin
Sunscreen
TiO
Transmittance
UV light
ZnO

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Alteration of skin light-scattering and absorption properties by application of sunscreen nanoparticles: A Monte Carlo study. / Popov, Alexey P.; Priezzhev, Alexander V.; Lademann, Jürgen et al.
In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 112, No. 11, 01.07.2011, p. 1891-1897.

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