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Study of the diffusion of an emulsion in the human skin by pulsed photoacoustic spectroscopy: experiment and numerical simulation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2004
Abstract
We previously used the Pulsed Photoacoustic Spectroscopy to quantify
sunscreen chromophore diffusion into human skin, and suggested a methodology
to evaluate the time and the depth diffusion profile into human skin. In the
present study we present the results obtained for the diffusion of
an emulsion in human skin, which is used in the sunscreen compositions.
This study shows, for the first time, a particular behaviour due to a
chemical reaction inside the skin during the diffusion process. This result
brings a particularly interesting technique through the PPAS spectroscopy,
to evaluate in situ, the eventual chemical reactions that can occur during drug
diffusion into human skin.
Numerical simulation allows us to understand the impact of thermal, optical
and geometrical parameters on the photoacoustic signal and thus the physics
of the diffusion phenomenon. The present simulation shows clearly that the
$t_{\max}$ values corresponding to the maximum of the photoacoustic signal
magnitude, $\Delta P _{\max}$
, decrease when the thickness, $\ell $
, of the
sample decrease. Conclusions about possibilities and limitations of the
considered model are discussed.
- Type
- Research Article
- Information
- The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , December 2004 , pp. 375 - 381
- Copyright
- © EDP Sciences, 2004