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Metal Binding by Melanin Biopolymers


EMSL Project ID
46709

Abstract

The ubiquitous biopolymer melanin has important and unique materials properties, yet these very properties have prevented elucidation of its basic structure. MAS-NMR capabilities at EMSL will probe the structure/function relationship of metal binding to melanin.

Project Details

Start Date
2012-01-11
End Date
2013-02-12
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Eric Walter
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Team Members

Romulus Turcu
Institution
Babes-Bolyai University

Andrew Lipton
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory