Amorepacific Develops UV Protection Material Technology Without White Residue

[Asia Economy Reporter Yujin Cho] Amorepacific Technical Research Center announced on the 24th that it has developed a ‘porous micro inorganic material platform technology’ that effectively reflects ultraviolet rays without causing whitening through joint research.

The related research results, which enable the creation of innovative inorganic UV blockers, were published in the online edition of the March issue of Particle, a prestigious international journal in the materials field, and were also selected as the cover paper for the April issue.

Dr. Yeon Lee of the Materials Lab at Amorepacific Technical Research Center conducted the research project in collaboration with Professor Gira Lee’s laboratory in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University.

Through this research, the joint research team was able to uniformly synthesize and assemble silica spherical particles with hollow centers of microscopic size.

The films formed by these particles can control the size and spacing of uniform pores to reflect light in the visible and ultraviolet regions, and it was found that through refractive index matching, ultraviolet rays are strongly reflected while appearing transparent in the visible light region.

Park Wonseok, Director of the Foundation Innovation Research Institute at Amorepacific Technical Research Center, stated, “The research results announced this time are very meaningful as they secured platform technology for the development of innovative inorganic materials, and we plan to further verify the potential of this material through skin clinical trials.”

Since launching Korea’s first ultraviolet blocker ‘ABC Parasol Cream’ in 1959, Amorepacific Technical Research Center has continued to develop innovative organic and inorganic UV blocking ingredients based on its basic scientific research capabilities.

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