Zeolites in drug delivery: Progress, challenges and opportunities

M Servatan, P Zarrintaj, G Mahmodi, SJ Kim… - Drug Discovery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Zeolites have shown tunable structures, chemical stability and biocompatibility
features.•Zeolites because of various pore sizes and structures have shown a high loading …

[HTML][HTML] Advances and controversies in studying sunscreen delivery and toxicity

M Yamada, Y Mohammed, TW Prow - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
This review critically evaluates the sunscreen delivery and toxicity field. We chose to focus
on approved sunscreens in this review. Optimal sunscreen use prevents skin cancer and …

Probing the ultrafast energy dissipation mechanism of the sunscreen oxybenzone after UVA irradiation

LA Baker, MD Horbury, SE Greenough… - The journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Oxybenzone is a common constituent of many commercially available sunscreens providing
photoprotection from ultraviolet light incident on the skin. Femtosecond transient electronic …

A perspective on the ultrafast photochemistry of solution-phase sunscreen molecules

LA Baker, SE Greenough… - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Sunscreens are one of the most common ways of providing on-demand additional
photoprotection to the skin. Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy has recently proven …

A Reevaluation of the Photolytic Properties of 2‐Hydroxybenzophenone‐Based UV Sunscreens: Are Chemical Sunscreens Inoffensive?

MT Ignasiak, C Houée‐Levin, G Kciuk… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The excited states of a set of popular sunscreen agents (2‐hydroxybenzophenone,
oxybenzone, and sulisobenzone) are studied by using femto‐and nanosecond time …

Nanocarriers and microcarriers for enhancing the UV protection of sunscreens: an overview

E Damiani, C Puglia - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
This review addresses a major question of importance to pharmaceutical scientists: how can
novel drug delivery systems play a role in maximizing the UV protection of sunscreens …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro and in vivo photoprotective/photochemopreventive potential of Garcinia brasiliensis epicarp extract

SA Figueiredo, FMP Vilela, CA da Silva… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The damaging effects of sunlight to the skin has triggered studies that involve the synthesis
and extraction of organic compounds from natural sources that can absorb UV radiation, and …

Lignin coating to quench photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles for potential skin care applications

M Morsella, M Giammatteo, L Arrizza, L Tonucci… - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultraviolet light can cause photodamage to the skin, such as sunburns and melanomas.
TiO2 is introduced in sunscreen formulations to reflect and scatter UV radiation. However, it …

Biocompatible organosilica nanoparticles with self-encapsulated phenyl motifs for effective UV protection

J Yoo, H Kim, H Chang, W Park… - ACS applied materials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
With increasing ozone depletion, ultraviolet (UV) exposure from sunlight has become a
significant health risk. Although commercially available sun protectants provide reasonable …

Photonic hybrid crystals constructed from in situ host–guest nanoconfinement of a light-emitting complex in metal–organic framework pores

AK Chaudhari, MR Ryder, JC Tan - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the concept underpinning the facile nanoconfinement of a bulky luminous guest
molecule in the pores of a metal–organic framework (MOF) host, which yields a hybrid …