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polydopamines

polydopamines is the plural of polydopamine.

Meaning of polydopamine

Noun

polydopamine (plural polydopamines)

  1. A polymer formed by the oxidation of dopamine, naturally produced as a biological glue, and also used as a flame retardant.
    • The adhesive and reactive nature of polydopamine thin films was exploited as a convenient platform or ‘primer’ onto which can be deposited additional secondary coatings via a variety of potential mechanisms, including covalent linkage with organic thiol, amine, and histidine residues [53 ].2015 July 6, “MUC1-Targeted Cancer Cell Photothermal Ablation Using Bioinspired Gold Nanorods”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about polydopamines

What is polydopamines the plural of?
Polydopamines is the plural of polydopamine.

Words near polydopamines in the dictionary

  1. polydomous
  2. polydomy
  3. polydont
  4. polydonts
  5. polydopamine
  6. polydopamines
  7. Polydorus
  8. polydrafter
  9. polydrafters
  10. polydromic
  11. polydrug

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