[HTML][HTML] Polydopamine-based nanostructures: A new generation of versatile, multi-tasking, and smart theranostic tools

M Battaglini, M Emanet, A Carmignani, G Ciofani - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Smart nanomaterials, thanks to their stimuli-responsive properties, represent a promising
class of nanostructures for biomedical applications. Their ability to undergo structural or …

Polydopamine‐Enabled Biomimetic Surface Engineering of Materials: New Insights and Promising Applications

M Saraf, Prateek, R Ranjan… - Advanced Materials …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Surface modification is an important approach to modify the properties of materials.
Numerous approaches have been adopted to tailor the properties of such materials, which …

Silane grafted biosourced melanin: a sustainable approach for nanobiosensing applications

M Caldas, M Neves, AR Franco… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has revolutionized areas of biotechnology owing to its multidiversified
applications, improved sensitivity, surface size, and cost. In the past years, some issues …

Polymers and their engineered analogues for ocular drug delivery: Enhancing therapeutic precision

A Biswas, S Kumar, AD Choudhury, AC Bisen… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ocular drug delivery is constrained by anatomical and physiological barriers, necessitating
innovative solutions for effective therapy. Natural polymers like hyaluronic acid, chitosan …

Production and characterization of melanin pigment from black fungus Curvularia soli AS21 ON076460 assisted gamma rays for promising medical uses

AS Abd-EL-Aziz, NN Abed, AY Mahfouz… - Microbial Cell Factories, 2024 - Springer
Owing to the growing need for natural materials in different fields, studying melanin
production from biological sources is imperative. In the current study, the extracellular …

Dissolving Hyaluronic Acid-Based Microneedles to Transdermally Deliver Eugenol Combined with Photothermal Therapy for Acne Vulgaris Treatment

Q Wang, Z Gan, X Wang, X Li, L Zhao, D Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A microneedle transdermal drug delivery system simultaneously avoids systemic toxicity of
oral administration and low efficiency of traditional transdermal administration, which is of …

A melanin-integrated graphene quantum dots embedded molecularly imprinted polymer: A nano-fluorescence sensing probe for trace determination of prometryn

P Chumkaeo, F Davis, O Bunkoed - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A nanocomposite fluorescence sensing probe was successfully designed and utilized for the
ultrasensitive and highly selective determination of prometryn. The nanoprobe incorporated …

Multifunctional halloysite nanotube–polydopamine agro-carriers for controlling bacterial soft rot disease

S Sharma, OP Setter, HA Hamad… - Environmental Science …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Current pesticide formulations suffer from instability and susceptibility to drift, which diminish
their effectiveness and harm the environment. To circumvent these challenges, we have …

Multifunctional Natural and Synthetic Melanin for Bioelectronic Applications: A Review

T Eom, B Ozlu, L Ivanová, S Lee, HJ Lee… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Emerging material interest in bioelectronic applications has highlighted natural melanin and
its derivatives as promising alternatives to conventional synthetic conductors. These …

Neurogenic and angiogenic poly (N-acryloylglycine)-co-(acrylamide)-co-(N-acryloyl-glutamate) hydrogel: preconditioning effect under oxidative stress and use in …

K Wasnik, PS Gupta, G Singh, S Maity… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Traumatic injuries, neurodegenerative diseases and oxidative stress serve as the early
biomarkers for neuronal damage and impede angiogenesis and subsequently neuronal …