Peter Majerič (Author), Zorana Jović (Author), Tilen Švarc (Author), Žiga Jelen (Author), Andrej Horvat (Author), Djuro Koruga (Author), Rebeka Rudolf (Author)

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have now been used in skin care creams for several years, with marketed anti-aging, moisturizing, and regenerative properties. Information on the harmful effects of these nanoparticles is lacking, a concern for the use of AuNPs as cosmetic ingredients. Testing AuNPs without the medium of a cosmetic product is a typical method for obtaining this information, which is mainly dependent on their size, shape, surface charge, and dose. As these properties depend on the surrounding medium, nanoparticles should be characterized in a skin cream without extraction from the cream’s complex medium as it may alter their physicochemical properties. The current study compares the sizes, morphology, and surface changes of produced dried AuNPs with a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) stabilizer and AuNPs embedded in a cosmetic cream using a variety of characterization techniques (TEM, SEM, DLS, zeta potential, BET, UV–vis). The results show no observable differences in their shapes and sizes (spherical and irregular, average size of 28 nm) while their surface charges changed in the cream, indicating no major modification of their primary sizes, morphology, and the corresponding functional properties. They were present as individually dispersed nanoparticles and as groups or clusters of physically separated primary nanoparticles in both dry form and cream medium, showing suitable stability. Examination of AuNPs in a cosmetic cream is challenging due to the required conditions of various characterization techniques but necessary for obtaining a clear understanding of the AuNPs’ properties in cosmetic products as the surrounding medium is a critical factor for determining their beneficial or harmful effects in cosmetic products.

Keywords

nanodelci zlata;ultrazvočna razpršilna piroliza;sušenje z zamrzovanjem;karakterizacija;kreme;gold nanoparticles;ultrasonic spray pyrolysis;freeze drying;characterization;creams;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UM FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Publisher: MDPI
UDC: 669.2:615
COBISS: 149367299 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1996-1944
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: nanodelci zlata;ultrazvočna razpršilna piroliza;sušenje z zamrzovanjem;karakterizacija;kreme;
Type (COBISS): Article
Source comment: Majerič, P.; Jović, Z.; Švarc, T.; Jelen, Ž.; Horvat, A.; Koruga, D.; Rudolf, R. Physicochemical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles for Skin Care Creams. Materials 2023, 16, 3011. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16083011
Pages: 14 str.
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ16
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ8, [article no.] 3011
Chronology: April 2023
DOI: 10.3390/ma16083011
ID: 18648204