Main description:

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the structural, nanotribological and nanomechanical properties of skin with and without cream treatment as a function of operating environment. The biophysics of skin as the outer layer covering human or animal body is discussed as a complex biological structure. Skin cream is used to improve skin health and create a smooth, soft, and flexible surface with moist perception by altering the surface roughness, friction, adhesion, elastic modulus, and surface charge of the skin surface.

Contents:

Introduction.- Experimental Techniques.- Adhesion, Friction and Wear Study of Skin with and without Common Cream Treatment.- Correlation of Friction and Skin Vibrations and Implications for Tactile Perception.- Adhesion, Friction and Wear Study of Skin with and without Various Cream Treatment and Effect of Humidity.- Nanomechanical Properties of Skin with and without Common Cream Treatment.- Triboelectrification of Skin with and without Common Cream Treatment.- Nanoscale and Nanomechanical Characterization of Synthetic Skins with and without Common Cream Treatment for Cosmetic Science.- Overall Summary and Outlook.