During the past decade, melanins and melanogenesis have attracted growing interest for a
broad range of biomedical and technological applications. The burst of polydopamine …

Melanins, a group of dark insoluble pigments found widespread in nature, have become the
focus of growing interest in materials science for various biomedical and technological …

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 …

Organic‐device‐based tactile‐perception systems can open up new opportunities for the
next generation of intelligent products. To meet the critical requirements of artificial …

In nature, quinone plays a vital role in numerous electrochemical reactions for energy
transduction and storage; such processes include respiration and photosynthesis. For …

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

Abstract In 1804, Theodore von Grotthuss proposed a mechanism for proton (H+) transport
between water molecules that involves the exchange of a covalent bond between H and O …

Biological synapses were the basic structure for information transmit, which also perform key
computation functions in neural circuits. Such functionality inspires artificial intelligence to …

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 …

Natural melanin is a ubiquitous material that plays critical biofunctional roles in different
living organisms. Scientists have dedicated significant efforts to elucidate the biofunctional …