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

In this article, we review the current state of knowledge concerning the physical and
chemical properties of the eumelanin pigment. We examine properties related to its …

Developing multifunctional and easily prepared nanoplatforms with integrated different
modalities is highly challenging for molecular imaging. Here, we report the successful …

Melanins are ancient biological pigments found in all kingdoms of life. In fungi, their role in
microbial pathogenesis is well established; however, these complex biomolecules also …

Raman spectroscopic studies of carbonaceous materials are, until now, mainly devoted to
geological and industrial materials. On the other hand, it is known from artistic literature that …

Metal chelation is often invoked as one of the main biological functions of melanin. In order
to understand the interaction between metals and melanin, extensive studies have been …

We present a method suitable for large-scale accurate simulations of excited state dynamics
within the framework of time-dependent density functional theory (DFT). This is achieved by …

Melanosomes in black and red human hair are isolated and characterized by various
chemical and physical techniques. Different yields of 4‐amino‐hydroxyphenolanaline by HI …

Multi-Spectral Optoacoustic Tomography (MSOT) merges the power of high-resolution
imaging at tissue depths of several millimeters to centimeters with the advantages of optical …

Melanin, which is responsible for virtually all visible skin, hair, and eye pigmentation in
humans, is synthesized, deposited, and distributed in subcellular organelles termed …