Interactions of Melanin with Electromagnetic Radiation: From Fundamentals to Applications

W Xie, A Dhinojwala, NC Gianneschi… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
radiation have mostly focused on a small radiation range (nonionizing radiation or ionizing
radiation) or on a specific melanin … from the enhanced electron transfer of melanin in NADH …

Influence of eumelanin and gamma irradiation on ZnO nanocomposite properties

BA El-Badry, N Madkhali, AM Deghady - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
… , structural, optical, and electrical properties of ZnO … Finally, neuromelanin differs from these
two classes of melanin and is … The ionizing radiation techniques can change the properties

A biomimetic approach to shielding from ionizing radiation: The case of melanized fungi

T Vasileiou, L Summerer - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… [10], after demonstrating that ionizing radiation changes the electronic properties of melanin
and … This arrangement has been suggested to increase the scattering of incident photons …

Exploring the optical properties of metal-modified melanin following ultraviolet irradiation: An experimental and theoretical study using density functional theory

N Madkhali, S Algessair - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
… range of 4.4–4.6 electron volts, clearly indicating enhanced structural properties in the
presence of metals. In this study, we aspire to investigate the ability to modify the absorption …

Study of the Effect of Gamma Rays on the Melanin Physical Properties and Its Release from Liposomes

SA Abd El-Azeem, AM Alajmi - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Melanin reduces the clastogenic effects of ionizing radiation in human and mouse somatic
cells and changes … an increase in melanin aggregates in the media to protect the system from …

Radical-enriched artificial melanin

W Cao, AJ Mantanona, H Mao, NC McCallum… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… is the presence of stable persistent radicals, which has been reported to relate to ionizing
radiation protection, including X-rays and gamma rays. In this work, we aimed to increase the …

Understanding the way eumelanin works: A unique example of properties and skills driven by molecular heterogeneity

ML Terranova, E Tamburri - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
electrical features of the pigment highlighted how in … indicated radiations-induced modifications
of the melanin electronic … these changes/modifications, when ionizing radiations interact …

[图书][B] The Electrical Properties of Melanin: A Non-Toxic Photocatalyst for Energy Storage and Conversion as an Additive in a Sodium Phosphate Aqueous …

T Zeitoune - 2020 - search.proquest.com
… Microbial melanin was shown to enhance the sequestration of uranium by goethite and illite
… a lethal dose of ionizing radiation. Of the controls group in the experiment, which was given …

Unraveling the structure and function of melanin through synthesis

W Cao, X Zhou, NC McCallum, Z Hu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
… in photoprotection and ionizing radiation protection, as these are … abundance, which increases
the experimental acquisition … the optical and electronic properties of melanin across many …

Interaction of melanin with metal ions modulates their cytotoxic potential

T Sarna, HM Swartz, A Zadlo - Applied Magnetic Resonance, 2022 - Springer
increase EPR signal of DOPA–melanin even 40 times, at the selected concentration (0.09
mM), zinc increases … copper and iron ions markedly reduce the EPR signal of melanin radicals. …