New insight into melanin for food packaging and biotechnology applications

S Roy, JW Rhim - Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Melanin is a dark brown to black biomacromolecule with biologically active multifunctional
properties that do not have a precise chemical structure, but its structure mainly depends on …

Polydopamine biomaterials for skin regeneration

MK Yazdi, M Zare, A Khodadadi, F Seidi… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Designing biomaterials capable of biomimicking wound healing and skin regeneration has
been receiving increasing attention recently. Some biopolymers behave similarly to the …

Ecoresorbable and bioresorbable microelectromechanical systems

Q Yang, TL Liu, Y Xue, H Wang, Y Xu, B Emon… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are essential components in many electronic
technologies for consumer and industrial applications. Such devices are typically made …

Restoration of spinal cord biophysical microenvironment for enhancing tissue repair by injury-responsive smart hydrogel

C Fan, W Yang, L Zhang, H Cai, Y Zhuang, Y Chen… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) represents a central nervous system disaster, resulting in the
destruction of spinal cord structure and function and the formation of an adverse …

Melanin-like nanoparticles: advances in surface modification and tumour photothermal therapy

L Tian, X Li, H Ji, Q Yu, M Yang, L Guo, L Huang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Currently, tumor treatments are characterized by intelligence, diversity and personalization,
but the therapeutic reagents used are often limited in clinical efficacy due to problems with …

Rational design of electrically conductive biomaterials toward excitable tissues regeneration

G Zhao, H Zhou, G Jin, B Jin, S Geng, Z Luo… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cells in vivo are situated in a complicated microenvironment composed of diverse
biochemical and biophysical cues. To regulate biological functions of cells, tissues and …

Application of conductive polymer hydrogels in flexible electronics

X Guo, J Li, F Wang, JH Zhang, J Zhang… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible electronic devices to obtain accurate and efficient information interactions between
humans and machines have gained increasing attention in recent years. A series of soft …

In vitro and ex vivo investigation of the effects of polydopamine nanoparticle size on their antioxidant and photothermal properties: implications for biomedical …

A Carmignani, M Battaglini, E Sinibaldi… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polydopamine (PDA) is a polymer that derives from the self-polymerization of the
biomolecule dopamine. It can be easily synthesized to obtain spherical nanoparticles …

Cu-Chelated polydopamine nanoparticles as a photothermal medium and “immunogenic cell death” inducer for combined tumor therapy

N Xu, A Hu, X Pu, J Wang, X Liao, Z Huang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) have been powerful
technologies for tumor ablation. However, how to realize efficient CDT and PTT synergetic …

Micro and nano materials and processing techniques for printed biodegradable electronics

J Li, J Liu, W Huo, J Yu, X Liu, MJ Haslinger… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodegradable electronics can disintegrate and dissolve in liquids, leading to promising
applications in healthcare and consumer electronics. However, biodegradable electronics …