Polydopamine is one of the simplest and most versatile approaches to functionalizing
material surfaces, having been inspired by the adhesive nature of catechols and amines in …

After more than four billion years of evolution, nature has created a large number of
fascinating living organisms, which show numerous peculiar structures and wonderful …

Polydopamine (PDA) is a bioinspired material and coating that offers diverse functional
activities (eg, photothermal, antioxidant, and antimicrobial) for a broad range of applications …

Mussel‐inspired self‐polymerized catecholamine coatings have been widely utilized as a
versatile coating strategy that can be applied to a variety of substrates. For the first time …

Material-independent surface chemistry by polydopamine and other phenolic networks is of
great influence in nearly all science and engineering fields in biomedical, energy storage …

Graphene has shown great potential for biomedical engineering applications due to its
electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, flexibility, and biocompatibility. Topographical …

The synthesis of hybrid functional materials using the coordination-driven assembly of metal–
phenolic networks (MPNs) is of interest in diverse areas of materials science. To date, MPN …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a common, severe damage to the central nervous system. Here,
we discuss the use of biomaterials for stem cell transplantation in preclinical and clinical …

In recent years, the mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) has spawned considerable
interest for preparing high performance flame retardant polymeric materials. In this review …

Nature creates beautiful structural colors, and some of these colors are produced by
nanostructural arrays of melanin. Polydopamine (PDA), an artificial black polymer produced …