and the Orange 16 pigment found in tattoo inks also showed, according to the authors, promising fluorescent properties and tumor targeting potential. This is significant because, as they note in ...

UV tattoos use a fluorescent dye, which means the tattoo only appears under UV light. There is little evidence on whether UV tattoo ink is safe for human skin. UV tattoos, also known as black ...

UV tattoos are made with dyes that illuminate under an ultraviolet light. Because of the fluorescent ink, they're sometimes referred to as blacklight tattoos. Here's what to know about the tattoo ...

This year, they also showed that electrolyte levels could be detected with fluorescent tattoo sensors ... UV-activated tattoo ink is invisible until exposed to UV light. [Image: Jesse Butterfield ...

Most people don't realise that many off-the-shelf tattoo inks have this effect, she says. And she discovers new fluorescent hues by waving her UV light over vials of ink on tattoo shop shelves.

Tattoos have not been a focus of their work ... Next they tattooed the animals’ tails with green fluorescent ink and examined sections of the tattooed skin under a microscope to confirm the ...

Now we’ve invented next-generation fluorescent inks that will present a formidable challenge to counterfeiters. Images printed from these new inks display colors that depend on a type of built ...