Bioinspired Melanin‐Based Optically Active Materials

Melanin nanoparticles as a promising tool for biomedical applications – a review

(2020) Mariana Caldas et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Signal evolution and morphological complexity in hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae )

(2020) Chad M. Eliason et al.   EVOLUTION

Melanin‐Like Nanomaterials for Advanced Biomedical Applications: A Versatile Platform with Extraordinary Promise

(2020) Heng Liu et al.   Advanced Science

Retrieving the Coassembly Pathway of Composite Cellulose Nanocrystal Photonic Films from their Angular Optical Response

(2020) Bruno Frka‐Petesic et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mimicking neuromelanin nanoparticles as a selective Pb2+ probe

(2020) Shu Zhang et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Metal‐Containing Polydopamine Nanomaterials: Catalysis, Energy, and Theranostics

(2020) Zhao Wang et al.   Small

Exposure to UV radiance predicts repeated evolution of concealed black skin in birds

(2020) Michaël P. J. Nicolaï et al.   Nature Communications

Mimicking Natural Human Hair Pigmentation with Synthetic Melanin

(2020) Claudia Battistella et al.   ACS Central Science

Melanin/polydopamine-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications

(2019) Chao Qi et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Developing Noniridescent Structural Color on Flexible Substrates with High Bending Resistance

(2019) Mario Echeverri et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Melanin-like nanoparticles decorated with an autophagy-inducing peptide for efficient targeted photothermal therapy

(2019) Zhengjie Zhou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Relationship between neuromelanin and dopamine terminals within the Parkinson’s nigrostriatal system

(2019) Antonio Martín-Bastida et al.   BRAIN

Ellipsoidal Artificial Melanin Particles as Building Blocks for Biomimetic Structural Coloration

(2019) Michinari Kohri et al.   LANGMUIR

Photothermal effect by 808-nm laser irradiation of melanin: a proof-of-concept study of photothermal therapy using B16-F10 melanotic melanoma growing in BALB/c mice

(2019) Lucas L. Colombo et al.   Biomedical Optics Express

A Robust Fungal Allomelanin Mimic: An Antioxidant and Potent π‐Electron Donor with Free‐Radical Properties that can be Tuned by Ionic Liquids

(2019) Paola Manini et al.   ChemPlusChem

Inkjet Printing of Patterned, Multispectral, and Biocompatible Photonic Crystals

(2019) Wenyi Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photonic crystals with vivid structure color and robust mechanical strength

(2019) Xiaodi Shi et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Bioinspired Production of Noniridescent Structural Colors by Adhesive Melanin-like Particles

(2019) Ling Bai et al.   LANGMUIR

Artificial Allomelanin Nanoparticles

(2019) Xuhao Zhou et al.   ACS Nano

Colloidal Photonic Inks for Mechanochromic Films and Patterns with Structural Colors of High Saturation

(2019) Gun Ho Lee et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Experimental and theoretical evidence for molecular forces driving surface segregation in photonic colloidal assemblies

(2019) Ming Xiao et al.   Science Advances

Tailoring Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles for Enhanced Photothermal Therapy

(2019) Peng Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Visual Appearance of Chiral Nematic Cellulose‐Based Photonic Films: Angular and Polarization Independent Color Response with a Twist

(2019) Chun Lam Clement Chan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Natural Eumelanin and Its Derivatives as Multifunctional Materials for Bioinspired Applications: A Review

(2019) Wanjie Xie et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Mechanism of UVA Degradation of Synthetic Eumelanin

(2019) Weiyao Li et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Controlling silk fibroin conformation for dynamic, responsive, multifunctional, micropatterned surfaces

(2019) Yu Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Melanin biopolymers: tailoring chemical complexity for materials design

(2019) Marco d'Ischia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Recent Advances and Progress on Melanin-like Materials and Their Biomedical Applications

(2018) Long Huang et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Elucidation of the hierarchical structure of natural eumelanins

(2018) Ming Xiao et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers

(2018) Dakota E. McCoy et al.   Nature Communications

Redox modulation of polydopamine surface chemistry: a facile strategy to enhance the intrinsic fluorescence of polydopamine nanoparticles for sensitive and selective detection of Fe3+

(2018) Honggang Yin et al.   Nanoscale

Design, Fabrication, and Function of Silk-Based Nanomaterials

(2018) Yu Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomaterial-Based “Structured Opals” with Programmable Combination of Diffractive Optical Elements and Photonic Bandgap Effects

(2018) Yu Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Color Engineering of Silicon Nitride Surfaces to Characterize the Polydopamine Refractive Index

(2018) Milena Vega et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Melanosomes: Biogenesis, Properties, and Evolution of an Ancient Organelle

(2018) Liliana D’Alba et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Elaborate plumage patterning in a Cretaceous bird

(2018) Quanguo Li et al.   PeerJ

Polydopamine Generates Hydroxyl Free Radicals under Ultraviolet-Light Illumination

(2017) Zehuan Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Structural Color Tuning: Mixing Melanin-Like Particles with Different Diameters to Create Neutral Colors

(2017) Ayaka Kawamura et al.   LANGMUIR

Determination of the extinction coefficient of “polydopamine” films obtained by using NaIO4 as the oxidant

(2017) Vincent Ball   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Deformable and conformal silk hydrogel inverse opal

(2017) Kyungtaek Min et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural color coating films composed of an amorphous array of colloidal particles via electrophoretic deposition

(2017) Kiyofumi Katagiri et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Mussel-inspired polydopamine coatings for large-scale and angle-independent structural colors

(2017) Chao Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Metal-Chelation-Assisted Deposition of Polydopamine on Human Hair: A Ready-to-Use Eumelanin-Based Hair Dyeing Methodology

(2017) Kyung Min Im et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Mimicking Melanosomes: Polydopamine Nanoparticles as Artificial Microparasols

(2017) Yuran Huang et al.   ACS Central Science

Metal-Chelation-Assisted Deposition of Polydopamine on Human Hair: A Ready-to-Use Eumelanin-Based Hair Dyeing Methodology

(2017) Kyung Min Im et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Bioinspired bright noniridescent photonic melanin supraballs

(2017) Ming Xiao et al.   Science Advances

Anomalous evolution of broadband optical absorption reveals dynamic solid state reorganization during eumelanin build-up in thin films

(2017) Carmela Bonavolontà et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural Coloration Pigments based on Carbon Modified ZnS@SiO2 Nanospheres with Low-Angle Dependence, High Color Saturation, and Enhanced Stability

(2016) Fen Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Production of Structural Colors with High Contrast and Wide Viewing Angles from Assemblies of Polypyrrole Black Coated Polystyrene Nanoparticles

(2016) Xiaoming Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Melanin nanoparticles derived from a homology of medicine and food for sentinel lymph node mapping and photothermal in vivo cancer therapy

(2016) Maoquan Chu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Stimuli-Responsive Structurally Colored Films from Bioinspired Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles

(2016) Ming Xiao et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Saturation Binding of Nicotine to Synthetic Neuromelanin Demonstrated by Fluorescence Spectroscopy

(2016) Robert L. Haining et al.   NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

The plumage and colouration of an enantiornithine bird from the early cretaceous of china

(2016) Jennifer A. Peteya et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Simultaneous Enhancements of UV-Shielding Properties and Photostability of Poly(vinyl alcohol) via Incorporation of Sepia Eumelanin

(2016) Yang Wang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Full-Color Biomimetic Photonic Materials with Iridescent and Non-Iridescent Structural Colors

(2016) Ayaka Kawamura et al.   Scientific Reports

Bio-Inspired Structural Colors Produced via Self-Assembly of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles

(2015) Ming Xiao et al.   ACS Nano

Using Cuttlefish Ink as an Additive to Produce ­Non-iridescent Structural Colors of High Color Visibility

(2015) Yafeng Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dopamine-Melanin Nanofilms for Biomimetic Structural Coloration

(2015) Tong-Fei Wu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Structural Characterization of Melanin Pigments from Commercial Preparations of the Edible Mushroom Auricularia auricula

(2015) Rafael Prados-Rosales et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Hydroxide ion-mediated synthesis of monodisperse dopamine–melanin nanospheres

(2015) Soojeong Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Spiders do have melanin after all

(2015) B.-K. Hsiung et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Formation of fluorescent polydopamine dots from hydroxyl radical-induced degradation of polydopamine nanoparticles

(2015) Jia-Hui Lin et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Melanins and melanogenesis: from pigment cells to human health and technological applications

(2015) Marco d'Ischia et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Color from hierarchy: Diverse optical properties of micron-sized spherical colloidal assemblies

(2015) Nicolas Vogel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biomimetic non-iridescent structural color materials from polydopamine black particles that mimic melanin granules

(2015) Michinari Kohri et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

High refractive index of melanin in shiny occipital feathers of a bird of paradise

(2015) Doekele G Stavenga et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Polydopamine and Eumelanin: From Structure–Property Relationships to a Unified Tailoring Strategy

(2014) Marco d’Ischia et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Polydopamine and Its Derivative Materials: Synthesis and Promising Applications in Energy, Environmental, and Biomedical Fields

(2014) Yanlan Liu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Superior Photoprotective Motifs and Mechanisms in Eumelanins Uncovered

(2014) Alice Corani et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Engineering Fluorescent Poly(dopamine) Capsules

(2014) Xi Chen et al.   LANGMUIR

Nanostructural basis of rainbow-like iridescence in common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera feathers

(2014) Ming Xiao et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Bio-inspired Development of a Dual-Mode Nanoprobe for MRI and Raman Imaging

(2014) Kuk-Youn Ju et al.   Small

Excitonic effects from geometric order and disorder explain broadband optical absorption in eumelanin

(2014) Chun-Teh Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Selecting water-alcohol mixed solvent for synthesis of polydopamine nano-spheres using solubility parameter

(2014) Xiaoli Jiang et al.   Scientific Reports

Ultraviolet-Induced Fluorescence of Polydopamine-Coated Emulsion Droplets

(2014) Sandrine Quignard et al.   ChemPlusChem

Atypical Structural and π-Electron Features of a Melanin Polymer That Lead to Superior Free-Radical-Scavenging Properties

(2013) Lucia Panzella et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Production of Colored Pigments with Amorphous Arrays of Black and White Colloidal Particles

(2013) Yukikazu Takeoka et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Pro-opiomelanocortin gene and melanin-based colour polymorphism in a reptile

(2013) Anne-Lyse Ducrest et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Stability of polydopamine and poly(DOPA) melanin-like films on the surface of polymer membranes under strongly acidic and alkaline conditions

(2013) Houliang Wei et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Structure of Polydopamine: A Never-Ending Story?

(2013) Jürgen Liebscher et al.   LANGMUIR

Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive technique for the quantification of melanins in feathers and hairs

(2013) Ismael Galván et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Key ornamental innovations facilitate diversification in an avian radiation

(2013) R. Maia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How hollow melanosomes affect iridescent colour production in birds

(2013) C. M. Eliason et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sp2C-Dominant N-Doped Carbon Sub-micrometer Spheres with a Tunable Size: A Versatile Platform for Highly Efficient Oxygen-Reduction Catalysts

(2012) Kelong Ai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dopamine-Melanin Colloidal Nanospheres: An Efficient Near-Infrared Photothermal Therapeutic Agent for In Vivo Cancer Therapy

(2012) Yanlan Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Structure and optical function of amorphous photonic nanostructures from avian feather barbs: a comparative small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis of 230 bird species

(2012) V. Saranathan et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A photonic heterostructure produces diverse iridescent colours in duck wing patches

(2012) C. M. Eliason et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Elucidating the Structure of Poly(dopamine)

(2012) Daniel R. Dreyer et al.   LANGMUIR

Silk inverse opals

(2012) Sunghwan Kim et al.   Nature Photonics

Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx japonica Caused by a Melanin-Chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins

(2012) Doekele G. Stavenga et al.   PLoS One

Role of semiconductivity and ion transport in the electrical conduction of melanin

(2012) A. B. Mostert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Polydopamine Spheres as Active Templates for Convenient Synthesis of Various Nanostructures

(2012) Jian Yan et al.   Small

Bioinspired Polymerization of Dopamine to Generate Melanin-Like Nanoparticles Having an Excellent Free-Radical-Scavenging Property

(2011) Kuk-Youn Ju et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Polarized iridescence of the multilayered elytra of the Japanese jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgidissima

(2011) D. G. Stavenga et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Direct determination of the refractive index of natural multilayer systems

(2011) Shinya Yoshioka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

The Red and the Black

(2010) John D. Simon et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Biomimetic Isotropic Nanostructures for Structural Coloration

(2010) Jason D. Forster et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Feather Microstructure of the Black-Billed Magpie (Pica pica sericea) and Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

(2010) Eunok LEE et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

Rapid, reversible response of iridescent feather color to ambient humidity

(2010) Chad M. Eliason et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Effect of Ambient Humidity on UV/Visible Photodegradation of Melanin Thin Films

(2010) Anup Sharma   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

What makes a feather shine? A nanostructural basis for glossy black colours in feathers

(2010) R. Maia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dramatic colour changes in a bird of paradise caused by uniquely structured breast feather barbules

(2010) D. G. Stavenga et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Iridescent structural colour production in male blue-black grassquit feather barbules: the role of keratin and melanin

(2009) R. Maia et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

The supramolecular structure of melanin

(2009) Andrew A. R. Watt et al.   Soft Matter

Device-Quality Electrically Conducting Melanin Thin Films

(2008) Jacques P. Bothma et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Insights into Melanosomes and Melanin from Some Interesting Spatial and Temporal Properties†

(2008) John D. Simon et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Mechanisms and behavioural functions of structural coloration in cephalopods

(2008) L. M Mathger et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Role of Ocular Melanin in Ophthalmic Physiology and Pathology

(2008) Dan-Ning Hu et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

(2008) A. Miserez et al.   SCIENCE