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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2020
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Xuhao Zhou, Evanston, IL (US);
Zhao Wang, Evanston, IL (US);
Naneki C. Mccallum, Evanston, IL (US);
Nathan C. Gianneschi, Evanston, IL (US);
Zofia E. Siwicka, Evanston, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
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.
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