From commercial tyrosine polymers to a tailored polydopamine platform: concepts, issues and challenges en route to melanin-based bioelectronics

Protonic and Electronic Transport in Hydrated Thin Films of the Pigment Eumelanin

(2015) Julia Wünsche et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Stem cell-compatible eumelanin biointerface fabricated by chemically controlled solid state polymerization

(2015) Alessandro Pezzella et al.   Materials Horizons

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

(2014) Yanlan Liu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

In Situ Formation of Dendrites in Eumelanin Thin Films between Gold Electrodes

(2013) Julia Wünsche et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A new mussel-inspired polydopamine phototransistor with high photosensitivity: signal amplification and light-controlled switching properties

(2013) Hye Jin Nam et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The Rise of Organic Bioelectronics

(2013) Jonathan Rivnay et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synthesis and characterization of melanin in DMSO

(2013) Erika S. Bronze-Uhle et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

Melanins and melanogenesis: methods, standards, protocols

(2013) Marco d'Ischia et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices inspired by nature

(2013) P Meredith et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Perspectives on poly(dopamine)

(2013) Daniel R. Dreyer et al.   Chemical Science

Eumelanin thin films: solution-processing, growth, and charge transport properties

(2013) Julia Wünsche et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Irreversible evolution of eumelanin redox states detected by an organic electrochemical transistor: en route to bioelectronics and biosensing

(2013) Giuseppe Tarabella et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Melanin-like polymer layered on a nanotextured silicon surface for a hybrid biomimetic interface

(2013) Marianna Ambrico et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Memory-like behavior as a feature of electrical signal transmission in melanin-like bio-polymers

(2012) M. Ambrico et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

On the origin of electrical conductivity in the bio-electronic material melanin

(2012) A. Bernardus Mostert et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Surface chemistry and morphology effects on optoelectronic transport at metal/nanostructured silicon/silicon structures

(2012) Marianna Ambrico et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Engineering polydopamine films with tailored behaviour for next-generation eumelanin-related hybrid devices

(2012) Marianna Ambrico et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Melanin Layer on Silicon: an Attractive Structure for a Possible Exploitation in Bio-Polymer Based Metal-Insulator-Silicon Devices

(2011) Marianna Ambrico et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Resistance switching memories are memristors

(2011) Leon Chua   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Matrix assisted pulsed laser deposition of melanin thin films

(2011) F. Bloisi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Organic Electronics at the Interface with Biology

(2011) Róisín M. Owens et al.   MRS BULLETIN

A methodology for preparing nanostructured biomolecular interfaces with high enzymatic activity

(2011) Lu Shin Wong et al.   Nanoscale

Single-Step Plasma Process Producing Anti-Reflective and Photovoltaic Behavior on Crystalline Silicon

(2011) Rosa Di Mundo et al.   Plasma Processes and Polymers

Nanostructured metal oxide-based biosensors

(2011) Pratima R. Solanki et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Hysteresis-type current–voltage characteristics in Au/eumelanin/ITO/glass structure: Towards melanin based memory devices

(2010) Marianna Ambrico et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

5,6-Dihydroxyindole Oxidation in Phosphate Buffer/Polyvinyl Alcohol: A New Model System for Studies of Visible Chromophore Development in Synthetic Eumelanin Polymers

(2010) Alessandro Pezzella et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Biocompatibility of biodegradable semiconducting melanin films for nerve tissue engineering

(2009) Christopher J. Bettinger et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Electrical and optical properties of natural and synthetic melanin biopolymer

(2009) T. Ligonzo et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

Disentangling Eumelanin “Black Chromophore”: Visible Absorption Changes As Signatures of Oxidation State- and Aggregation-Dependent Dynamic Interactions in a Model Water-Soluble 5,6-Dihydroxyindole Polymer

(2009) Alessandro Pezzella et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Device-Quality Electrically Conducting Melanin Thin Films

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

Non-Volatile Organic Memory Applications Enabled by In Situ Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles in a Self-Assembled Block Copolymer

(2008) Wei Lin Leong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Silicon Surface Nanostructuring for Covalent Immobilization of Biomolecules

(2008) Celia Rogero et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Mussel power

(2008) J. Herbert Waite   NATURE MATERIALS