3750535
What's in my ink: the analysis of tattoo ink composition
Date
August 24, 2022
The composition of tattoo inks is widely unknown due to the lack of FDA regulation. Work is being done to separate the different components in the ink and identify them through different analytical techniques including UV-visible, IR, NMR, and Raman spectroscopies, LCMS, microwave acid digestion, and ICP-MS. Tattoo removal is also a cause for concern as it is not known how the ink breaks down or what products form. Similar analytical techniques can be used to analyze these photoproducts after laser photolysis focusing on products potentially harmful to human health.
Presenter
Speaker
Related Products
Photochemistry Spotlight: Answering the Big Questions in Photochemistry: Photoinduced Processes in Materials
Division/Committee: [PHYS] Division of Physical Chemistry
Low-spin manganese (II) complex with an emissive charge-transfer excited state
Transition metal chromophores with long-lived charge-separated excited states that can be accessed via visible light are popular within the field of inorganic chemistry and photophysics given their usefulness in applications ranging from photoredox catalysis to solar energy conversion…
