Functionality of epidermal melanin pigments: current knowledge on UV-dissipative mechanisms and research perspectives.

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Published in Phys Chem Chem Phys on April 06, 2011

Authors

Annemarie Huijser1, Alessandro Pezzella, Villy Sundström

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden. Annemarie.Huijser@chemphys.lu.se

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