Solid-state NMR spectroscopy (ssNMR) with magic-angle spinning (MAS) enables the
investigation of biological systems within their native context, such as lipid membranes, viral …

Melanin, especially integumentary melanin, interacts in numerous ways with
electromagnetic radiation, leading to a set of critical functions, including radiation protection …

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 …

Mussel-inspired chemistry has become an ideal platform to engineer a myriad of functional
materials, but fully understanding the underlying adhesion mechanism is still missing …

Herein, we investigate synthetic routes to a close mimic of natural pheomelanin. Three
different oxidative polymerization routes were attempted to generate synthetic pheomelanin …

Azoles are a famous and promising class of drugs for treatment of a range of ailments
especially fungal infections. A wide variety of azole derivatives are also known to exhibit …

Eumelanin, a versatile biomaterial found throughout the animal kingdom, performs essential
functions like photoprotection and radical scavenging. The diverse properties of eumelanin …

Recent reports suggest that next-generation hair dyes might take inspiration from the natural
pigment melanin. In humans, melanin imparts color to hair and skin and acts as a natural …

Melanins are a class of conjugated biopolymers with varying compositions and functions,
which have a variety of potential medical and technical applications. Here, this work …

Melanin exists widely in nature and can afford a variety of colors from black to brown and red
according to chemical structure differences and specific mixtures. Inspired by nature, this …