Title Biophysics of human hair : structural, nanomechanical, and nanotribological studies / Bharat Bhushan

Published Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 192 pages) : illustrations (some color), color portraits Series Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering. Contents Note continued: 4.3.2. Effect of Ethnicity on Tensile Deformation -- 4.3.3. Effect of Soaking on Tensile Deformation of Caucasian Virgin, Damaged, and Treated Hair -- 4.3.4. Fatigue Studies of Caucasian Virgin, Damaged, and Treated Hair -- 4.4. Summary -- 5. Multi-scale Tribological Characterization -- 5.1. Macroscale Tribological Characterization -- 5.1.1. Friction and Wear Studies of Various Hair -- 5.1.2. Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Hair Friction -- 5.2. Nanotribological Characterization Using an AFM -- 5.2.1. Various Ethnicities -- 5.2.2. Virgin and Chemically Damaged Caucasian Hair (With and Without Commercial Conditioner Treatment) -- 5.2.3. Various Hair Types Treated with Various Conditioner Matrices -- 5.2.4. Skin -- 5.3. Scale Effects -- 5.3.1. Directionality Dependence of Friction -- 5.3.2. Scale Effects on Coefficient of Friction and Adhesive Force of Various Hair -- 5.4. Summary -- 6. Conditioner Thickness Distribution and Binding Interactions on Hair Surface -- 6.1. Conditioner Thickness and Adhesive Force Mapping -- 6.1.1. Effect of Humidity and Temperature on Film Thickness and Adhesion -- 6.2. Effective Young's Modulus Mapping -- 6.3. Binding Interactions Between Conditioner and Hair Surface -- 6.4. Summary -- 7. Surface Potential Studies of Human Hair Using Kelvin Probe Microscopy -- 7.1. Effect of Physical Wear and Rubbing with Latex on Surface Potential -- 7.2. Effect of External Voltage and Humidity on Surface Potential -- 7.3. Effect of Rubbing Load on Nanoscale Charging Characteristics -- 7.3.1. Virgin Hair -- 7.3.2. Effect of Damage -- 7.3.3. Effect of Conditioner Treatments -- 7.4. Summary -- Appendix A Shampoo and Conditioner Treatment Procedure -- A.1. Shampoo Treatments -- A.2. Conditioner Treatments -- Appendix B Conditioner Thickness Approximation Summary This book presents the biophysics of hair. It deals with the structure of hair, its mechanical properties, the nanomechanical characterization, tensile deformation, tribological characterization, the thickness distribution and binding interactions on hair surface. Another important topic of the book is the health of hair, human hair and skin, hair care, cleaning and conditioning treatments and damaging processes. It is the first book on the biophysical properties of hair Analysis nanotechnologie nanotechnology biofysica biophysics biomedische techniek biomedical engineering biomaterialen biomaterials fysica physics dermatologie dermatology Physics (General) Fysica (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Hair -- Analysis Hair cells. Hair Preparations -- chemistry Hair -- cytology Hair -- physiology Nanotechnology -- methods MEDICAL -- Physiology. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology. Physique. Hair -- Analysis Biophysik Haar Genre/Form dissertations. Academic theses Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 9783642159015 364215901X 9781283003421 1283003422

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