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

Catechols are found in nature taking part in a remarkably broad scope of biochemical
processes and functions. Though not exclusively, such versatility may be traced back to …

We live in a world where the lifetime of electronics is becoming shorter, now approaching an
average of several months. This poses a growing ecological problem. This brief review will …

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

Hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) is a relatively strong, highly directional, and specific
noncovalent interaction present in many organic molecules, and notably is responsible for …

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 …

The huge development of bioengineering during the last years has boosted the search for
new bioinspired materials, with tunable chemical, mechanical, and optoelectronic properties …

Synthetic dyes are generally not safe for human health or the environment, leading to the
continuous search and growing demand for natural pigments that are considered safer …

Production of the microbial pigments is one of the emerging fields of research due to a
growing interest of the industry for safer products, easily degradable and eco-friendly. Fungi …

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