Soft Matter, volume 20, issue 29, pages 5635-5651

Melanin: Nature's 4th bioorganic polymer

Konstantin A Motovilov ¹

A Bernardus Mostert ²

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

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

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2024-07-09

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Journal: Soft Matter

scimago Q1

SJR: 0.783

CiteScore: 6.0

Impact factor: 2.9

ISSN: 1744683X, 17446848

DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00491d

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PubMed ID: 39012013

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.

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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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Soft Matter

scimago Q1

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0.783

CiteScore

6.0

Impact factor

2.9

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1744683X (Print)

17446848 (Electronic)

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