公开(公告)号：US20220332670A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17621908

申请日：2020-06-26

申请人： Northwestern University

发明人： Xuhao ZHOU ,  Zhao WANG ,  Naneki C. McCALLUM ,  Nathan C. GIANNESCHI ,  Zofia E. SIWICKA

IPC分类号： C07C33/26 ,  C07C29/76 ,  B29B9/00 ,  C08G65/44 ,  B82Y5/00

摘要： In an aspect, a plurality of artificial melanin nanoparticles are provided, wherein: each melanin nanoparticle of the plurality of artificial melanin nanoparticles comprises a plurality of melanin oligomers; each melanin oligomer comprises a plurality of covalently-bonded melanin base units; and each melanin base unit comprises substituted or unsubstituted naphthalene. In an aspect, porous artificial melanin materials and methods of synthesizing porous artificial melanin materials are provided.