Conspectus Polydopamine (PDA), a black insoluble biopolymer produced by autoxidation of
the catecholamine neurotransmitter dopamine (DA), and synthetic eumelanin polymers …

Today, western society is facing challenges to create new medical technologies to service
an aging population as well as the ever-increasing e-waste of electronic devices and …

Melanin is ubiquitous in living organisms across different biological kingdoms of life, making
it an important, natural biomaterial. Its presence in nature from microorganisms to higher …

Black and insoluble eumelanin biopolymers are the key determinants of skin and hair
pigmentation in dark human phenotypes, and are believed to play a major antioxidant and …

Despite the growing technological interest of polydopamine (dopamine melanin)-based
coatings for a broad variety of applications, the factors governing particle size, shape, and …

Modifying surfaces using free radical polymerization (FRP) offers a means to incorporate the
diverse physicochemical properties of vinyl polymers onto new materials. Here, we harness …

Surface modification has been well recognized as a promising strategy to design and exploit
diversified functional materials. However, conventional modification strategies usually suffer …

The electrical properties of eumelanin, a ubiquitous natural pigment, have fascinated
scientists since the late 1960s. For several decades, the hydration-dependent electrical …

Recent advances in the chemistry of melanins have begun to disclose a number of important
structure-property-function relationships of crucial relevance to the biological role of human …

The usage of exogenous antioxidant materials to relieve oxidative stress offers an important
strategy for the therapy of oxidative stress-induced injuries. However, the fabrication …