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Effect of Surface Treatments on the Nanomechanical Properties of Human Hair.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Barfoot, Richard 
Butler, Michael 

Abstract

The structural properties of hair are largely determined by the state of the surface. Advanced imaging modes of atomic force microscopy, where the surface mechanics can be correlated with surface topography, have been used to spatially map variations in hair surfaces following chemical and mechanical treatments. Through analysis of multilayered data obtained in this way, we show that the processes of bleaching and combing of hair not only alter the surface roughness, but also alter the mechanical stiffness, adhesion properties, and surface potential of hair, in terms of the mean values and their distributions. These treatments are shown to have a significant effect on the nanoscale surface properties, consistent with what has previously been observed at the macroscopic fiber-level scale.

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Keywords

AFM, contact mechanics, hair, surface, surface potential

Journal Title

ACS Biomater Sci Eng

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Journal ISSN

2373-9878
2373-9878

Volume Title

4

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Sponsorship
Unilever