Penetration of spherical and rod-like gold nanoparticles into intact and barrier-disrupted human skin

Christina Graf; Daniel Nordmeyer; Sebastian Ahlberg; Jörg Raabe; Annika Vogt; Jürgen Lademann; Fiorenza Rancan; Eckart Rühl

doi:10.1117/12.2079719

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12 March 2015 Penetration of spherical and rod-like gold nanoparticles into intact and barrier-disrupted human skin

Christina Graf, Daniel Nordmeyer, Sebastian Ahlberg, Jörg Raabe, Annika Vogt, Jürgen Lademann, Fiorenza Rancan, Eckart Rühl

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Proceedings Volume 9338, Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications X; 93381L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079719
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

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The penetration of spherical and rod-like gold nanoparticles into human skin is reported. Several skin preparation techniques are applied, including cryo techniques, such as plunge freezing and freeze drying, and the use of wet cells. Their advantages and drawbacks for observing nanoparticle uptake are discussed. Independent of the particle shape no uptake into intact skin is observed by a combination of imaging approaches, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and scanning X-ray microscopy (STXM). These results are discussed along with suitable skin preparation approaches. Experiments on barrier-disrupted skin, i.e. mechanical lesions made by pricking, indicate, however, that gold particles can be identified deep in the dermis, as follows from STXM studies on wet skin samples.

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Christina Graf, Daniel Nordmeyer, Sebastian Ahlberg, Jörg Raabe, Annika Vogt, Jürgen Lademann, Fiorenza Rancan, and Eckart Rühl "Penetration of spherical and rod-like gold nanoparticles into intact and barrier-disrupted human skin", Proc. SPIE 9338, Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications X, 93381L (12 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079719

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