121st General Meeting of the KCS

Type Poster Presentation
Area Organic Chemistry
Room No. Event Hall
Time 4월 19일 (목요일) 11:00~12:30
Code ORGN.P-390
Subject Synthesis of Pheomelanin-like Polymer Nanoparticle
Authors Gyeongmin Oh, KYUNGTAE KANG*
Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Abstract Pheomelanin is a sulfur-containing variant, and is reported to have many distinct properties to the normal form of melanin (eumelanin). Here, pheomelanin-like nanoparticles were synthesized through spontaneous oxidation of dopamine by NaOH in the presence of cysteine. We also synthesized its derivatives by using molecules containing two nucleophilic sites (reminiscent of cysteine), and compared their physicochemical properties. We also examined photosensitization of synthetic pheomelanin particles, and suggested their possibility for being applied to solar cell devices.
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