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Hair treatment process providing dispersed colors by light diffraction

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1111144
Hair was coated with polymer-containing fluid and then hot pressed to form a composite of hair and a polymer film imprinted with a nanopattern. Polychromatic light incident on the nanopattern is diffracted into dispersed colored light.
Research Organization:
LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, OH); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
8,607,803
Application Number:
13/248,746
OSTI ID:
1111144
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English