Melanin: Nature's 4th bioorganic polymer

Author:

Motovilov K. A.1ORCID,Mostert A. B.2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Center for Photonics and 2D Materials, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutsky Lane 9, Dolgoprudny 141701, Moscow Region, Russia

2. Department of Physics and Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials, Swansea University Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK

Abstract

We analyse and compare the physico-chemical properties of melanins with other biological macromolecular systems and conclude that they are the fourth fundamental class of bioorganic materials alongside nucleic acids, proteins, and polysaccharides.

Funder

Russian Science Foundation

UK Research and Innovation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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