Synthesis of nanostructured boron nitride and its potentially for application in cosmetology / Sínteses e caracterização de nitreto de boro nanoestrutrado com potencialidade de aplicação em cosmetologia

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Regular use of appropriate cosmetics is an important resource for the maintenance of the skin health and, consequently, its beauty. The effect of ultraviolet rays is harmful to the health of the skin and can result in increase of the cancer incidence, aging and other undesirable cutaneous changes. The effects of the infra-red rays are less described in the scientific literature, but it knows that these rays can increase the damages on the skin induced by ultraviolet rays, provoking alterations in molecular level, beyond the sensation of burning in the skin. Considering this aspect there is a great necessity in creating formulations of solar protectors which can offer protection for the ultraviolet rays as well as the infra-red rays. The solar filters are researched at long time and currently they have been developed using knowledge of nanoscience and nanotechnology, as titanium dioxide, important cosmetic used as filter of ultraviolet radiations. However, for the protection of infra red radiation little has been researched. In this work boron nitride (BN) nanostructured was prepared using three distinct routes of synthesis. The first synthesis initiates with the precursor formation, prepared from boric acid and melanine, followed of annealing in appropriate temperatures for the formation of the BN with hexagonal structure. The second route the nanoporous silica SBA-15, with high structural order, as template of network. The BN was synthesized inside of the canals of the SBA-15. The third synthesis uses iron as catalyst for the formation of the nanostructured BN. The obtained materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, infra-red spectroscopy, N2 adsorption, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and transmission electronic microscopy. The results showed a nanostructured material, all those with hexagonal phase, and particle sizes between 5 and 15 nm. It was made a comparative study of these materials with commercial active agent, TiO2, used for protection of radiation UV. As boron nitride presents absorption in the infra-red ray, we think that a special formulation contend titanium dioxide particles with nanostructured boron nitride would be a perfect combination to be applied as cosmetic for protection against solar radiations in broad specter.

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farmacologia nitreto de boro synthesis materials materiais pharmacology boron nitrides biomateriais e materiais biocompativeis biomateriais cosmetologia consumer products biomaterials

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