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Caption: Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticle distribution in excised human skin. The black line represents the surface of the skin (top), blue represents ZnO nanoparticle distribution in the skin (stratum corneum), and pink represents skin.
Credit: Timothy Kelf, Macquarie University.
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