Publication Date
2024
Document Type
Book
Description
Though tattooing dates back millennia, modern tattooing uses molecular pigments that have only been incorporated into tattooing in the last 50 years or so. Coupled with the dramatic increase in the popularity of tattooing, there is also an increased interest in the population of tattoo removal. In our study, we investigated the toxic effects of various pigments commonly found in tattoo ink on BJ human dermal fibroblasts with exposure to visible light. We tested organic and inorganic pigments that contain azo (i.e., nitrogen-nitrogen double bond) and non-azo functional groups and were exposed to dermal fibroblasts at various concentrations in the absence and presence of visible light. Computational chemistry was used to determine whether shining visible light onto tattoo pigment molecules affects the cleavage of azo bonds.
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Recommended Citation
Xiao, Michael, "Computational Photochemistry of Commercial Tattoo Pigments" (2024). Research Days Posters 2024. 108.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2024/108