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Medicine Science, 2023 Melanins, which are divided into five different subgroups as eumelanin, pheomelanin, allomelanin, neuromelanin and pyomelanin, are a heterogeneous and amorphous biopolymer family.
Hamit Emre Kizil +3 more
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Molecules, 2020 Theoretical results for the magnetic shielding of protonated and unprotonated nitrogens of eumelanin building blocks including monomers, dimers, and tetramers in gas phase and water are presented. The magnetic property in water was determined by carrying
Leonardo Bruno Assis Oliveira +2 more
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Micropatterned Silk-Fibroin/Eumelanin Composite Films for Bioelectronic Applications.
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2021 There has been growing interest in the use of natural bionanomaterials and nanostructured systems for diverse biomedical applications. Such materials can confer unique functional properties as well as address concerns pertaining to sustainability in ...
Yun Hee Youn +7 more
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Eumelanin Graphene-Like Integration: The Impact on Physical Properties and Electrical Conductivity
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2019 The recent development of eumelanin pigment-based blends integrating “classical” organic conducting materials is expanding the scope of eumelanin in bioelectronics.
Roberto Di Capua +6 more
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An electrochemical study of natural and chemically controlled eumelanin
APL Materials, 2017 Eumelanin is the most common form of the pigment melanin in the human body, with functions including antioxidant behavior, metal chelation, and free radical scavenging. This biopigment is of interest for biologically derived batteries and supercapacitors.
Ri Xu +5 more
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Radioactivity to Rethink the Earth's Energy Balance
Global Challenges, 2021 This contribution invites to re‐examine the whole matter of radioactivity, reconsidering it from the point of view of a realistic source of energy. State‐of‐the‐art and technical aspects are briefly illustrated in this note that aims to open a discussion
Maria Letizia Terranova
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Bioactive Composite Methacrylated Gellan Gum for 3D-Printed Bone Tissue-Engineered Scaffolds
Nanomaterials, 2023 Gellan gum (GG) was chemically modified with methacrylic moieties to produce a photocrosslinkable biomaterial ink, hereinafter called methacrylated GG (GGMA), with improved physico-chemical properties, mechanical behavior and stability under ...
Ugo D’Amora +10 more
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Metabolic Basis and Clinical Evidence for Skin Lightening Effects of Thiol Compounds
Antioxidants, 2022 Melanin pigment is a major factor in determining the color of the skin, and its abnormal increase or decrease can cause serious pigmentation disorders.
Yong Chool Boo
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Free energy and stacking of eumelanin nanoaggregates
bioRxiv, 2021 Eumelanin, a member of the melanin family, is a black-brown insoluble pigment. It possesses a broad range of properties such as antioxidation, free radical scavenging, photo-protection, and charge carrier transportation. Surprisingly, the exact molecular
Sepideh Soltani +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 The origin of eumelanin optical properties remains a formidable conundrum preventing a detailed understanding of the complex photo-protective role of these widespread natural pigments and the rational design of innovative bioinspired materials for ...
Carmela Bonavolontà +6 more
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