Ionizing Radiation Changes the Electronic Properties of Melanin and Enhances the Growth of Melanized Fungi

作者: Ekaterina Dadachova , Ruth A Bryan , Xianchun Huang , Tiffany Moadel , Andrew D Schweitzer

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0000457

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摘要: … melanin is beneficial in their life cycle. We hypothesized that ionizing radiation could change the electronic properties of melanin … Given that melanins can absorb visible and UV light of …

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