Pezzella, Alessandro

Chemical and Structural Diversity in Eumelanins: Unexplored Bio‐Optoelectronic Materials

d'Ischia, M., Napolitano, A., Pezzella, A., Meredith, P., & Sarna, T. (2009) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition

melanin and skin pigmentationConducting polymers and applications

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Melanins and melanogenesis: Methods, standards, protocols

d'Ischia, M., Wakamatsu, K., Napolitano, A., Briganti, S., Garcia‐Borron, J., Kovacs, D., Meredith, P., Pezzella, A., Picardo, M., Sarna, T., et al. (2013) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

melanin and skin pigmentationMelanoma and MAPK Pathways

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Disentangling eumelanin “black chromophore”: Visible absorption changes as signatures of oxidation state- and aggregation-dependent dynamic interactions in a model water-soluble 5,6-dihydroxyindole polymer

Pezzella, A., Iadonisi, A., Valerio, S., Panzella, L., Napolitano, A., Adinolfi, M., & d’Ischia, M. (2009) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

melanin and skin pigmentationConducting polymers and applications

Cited by 147

Eumelanin buildup on the nanoscale: Aggregate growth/assembly and visible absorption development in biomimetic 5,6-dihydroxyindole polymerization

Arzillo, M., Mangiapia, G., Pezzella, A., Heenan, R. K., Radulescu, A., Paduano, L., & d’Ischia, M. (2012) · Biomacromolecules

melanin and skin pigmentationConducting polymers and applications

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Short-lived quinonoid species from 5,6-dihydroxyindole dimers en route to eumelanin polymers: Integrated chemical, pulse radiolytic, and quantum mechanical investigation

Pezzella, A., Panzella, L., Crescenzi, O., Napolitano, A., Navaratman, S., Edge, R., Land, E. J., Barone, V., & d'Ischia, M. (2006) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

melanin and skin pigmentationFree Radicals and Antioxidants

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5,6-dihydroxyindole tetramers with “anomalous” interunit bonding patterns by oxidative coupling of 5,5’,6,6’-tetrahydroxy-2,7’-biindolyl: Emerging complexities on the way toward an improved model of eumelanin buildup

Pezzella, A., Panzella, L., Natangelo, A., Arzillo, M., Napolitano, A., & d'Ischia, M. (2007) · The Journal of Organic Chemistry

melanin and skin pigmentationSynthesis of Indole Derivatives

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Functionality of epidermal melanin pigments: current knowledge on UV-dissipative mechanisms and research perspectives

Huijser, A., Pezzella, A., & Sundström, V. (2011) · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 90

5,6-Dihydroxyindoles and indole-5,6-diones

d’Ischia, M., Napolitano, A., Pezzella, A., Land, E. J., Ramsden, C. A., & Riley, P. A. (2005) · Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry

Synthesis of Indole DerivativesSynthesis and Reactivity of Heterocycles

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5,6‐Dihydroxyindole Chemistry: Unexplored Opportunities Beyond Eumelanin

d'Ischia, M., Napolitano, A., & Pezzella, A. (2011) · European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsSynthesis of Indole Derivatives

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Oxidative polymerisation of 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid to melanin: A new insight

Pezzella, A., Napolitano, A., d'Ischia, M., & Prota, G. (1996) · Tetrahedron

melanin and skin pigmentationSynthesis of Indole Derivatives

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Atropoisomeric melanin intermediates by oxidation of the melanogenic precursor 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid under biomimetic conditions

Pezzella, A., Vogna, D., & Prota, G. (2002) · Tetrahedron

melanin and skin pigmentationAxial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

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Lack of visible chromophore development in the pulse radiolysis oxidation of 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid oligomers: DFT investigation and implications for eumelanin absorption properties

Pezzella, A., Panzella, L., Crescenzi, O., Napolitano, A., Navaratnam, S., Edge, R., Land, E. J., Barone, V., & d’Ischia, M. (2009) · The Journal of Organic Chemistry

melanin and skin pigmentationPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

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Synthesis of optically active tetrameric melanin intermediates by oxidation of the melanogenic precursor 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid under biomimetic conditions

Pezzella, A., Vogna, D., & Prota, G. (2003) · Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

melanin and skin pigmentationAxial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

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Sequential Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Mediates Excited-State Deactivation of a Eumelanin Building Block

Nogueira, J. J., Corani, A., El Nahhas, A., Pezzella, A., d’Ischia, M., González, L., & Sundström, V. (2017) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Photochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

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Intermolecular π-electron perturbations generate extrinsic visible contributions to eumelanin black chromophore in model polymers with interrupted interring conjugation

Ascione, L., Pezzella, A., Ambrogi, V., Carfagna, C., & d'Ischia, M. (2013) · Photochemistry and Photobiology

melanin and skin pigmentationPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

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