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Nano-Scale Observations of Tattoo Pigments in Skin by Atomic Force Microscopy

No / In this study, we have shown how particles in carbon black tattoo ink accumulate in the human skin dermis using fine-resolution atomic force microscopy, with which a single ink particle in the collagenous network can be imaged. This information further demonstrates that tattoo inks are nano-particles. Further, we have deposited a commercially available tattoo ink on a glass slide and calculated a range of volumes for single ink particles.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/10072
Date26 March 2015
CreatorsGrant, Colin A., Twigg, Peter C., Tobin, Desmond J.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeBook chapter, No full-text in the repository

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