MELANIN APPLICATIONS

Melanin Applications

Melanin blocks UV rays. Its strong UV-B protecting capability, antioxidant and anti-ageing properties prevent skin damage, making it a promising constituent for dermatology and cosmetic applications like sunscreens.
Its safe pigmentation qualities allow it to be incorporated into natural hair dyes and vitiligo creams

Melanin blocks ionizing radiation, such as x-rays and gamma rays.
Melanin has enormous potentials for use as drug to protect against radiotoxicity, and as protective gear in medicine, nuclear installations and aerospace

Melanin has the promise of being the future in electricity generation in many fields.
It has the property of splitting hydrogen and oxygen in water, in the presence of sunlight, making it a probable option in the development of fuel cells.

Sodium and Magnesium ion batteries are low cost alternative to Lithium ion batteries. Magnesium and Sodium Ion batteries are not rechargeable.
Recently researchers have developed a rechargeable Magnesium and Sodium ion batteries using melanin as a cathode.
The high cost of melanin presently available has prevented its use in battery technology.
By virtue of its low cost of production, Avisa Myko’s melanin has potentials for use in battery technology in the form of a cathode.

Melanin is one of the rare Organic Semi Conductor. It is both , a ion and a electron conducting biomaterial .
Electric current in electronics is carried by the electrons where as in biological systems the electric current is carried by ions.
Melanin is able to ‘talk' to both electronic and ionic control circuitry providing a new way of interfacing conventional electronics to biological systems.
Melanin is one of the very few materials that meet these compatible bioelectronic requirements.