Role of semiconductivity and ion transport in the electrical conduction of melanin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8943-8947

  Mostert, Albertus B ^a   Powell, Benjamin J ^a   Pratt, Francis L ^b   Hanson, Graeme R ^a   Sarna, Tadeusz ^c   Gentle, Ian R ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioelectronics; Biomacromolecules; Electrical properties; Ionic conduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYQUINONE; MELANIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SEMIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION TRANSPORT; MACROMOLECULE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTIVITY;

BENZOQUINONES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYQUINOLINES; ION TRANSPORT; MELANINS; MESONS; SEMICONDUCTORS; WATER;

EID: 84861906094     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1119948109     Document Type: Article

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