Melanin and polypyrrole-coated nanocellulose hydrogel networks for environmental sensing and energy storage

• Main Authors: Al-Shamery, Noah, Benselfelt, Tobias, Lee, Pooi See
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Melanin; Polypyrrole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170277
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Melanins are black-brown pigments of a specific class of poly indolequinones found in nature and in the human body. They are responsible for photoprotection, radical scavenging, and metal ion chelation. Recently, there has been significant interest in eumelanin as a functional material due to its ma...