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SUBMITTER: Crocker L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6497766 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in chemistry 20190426
A hybrid of flavin and polydopamine (PDA) has been explored as a photocatalyst, drawing inspiration from natural flavoenzymes. Light-driven monoxygenase activity has been demonstrated through the oxidation of indole under blue light irradiation in ambient conditions, to afford indigo and indirubin dyes. Compared to riboflavin, a flavin-polydopamine hybrid is shown to be more resistant to photobleaching and more selective toward dye production. In addition, it has been demonstrated that it can be ...[more]