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ArticleChemical science2022

Exciton interactions in helical crystals of a hydrogen-bonded eumelanin monomer.

Devika Sasikumar, Kavya Vinod, Jeswin Sunny, Mahesh Hariharan

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Devika SasikumarSchool of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Maruthamala P.O., Vithura Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695551 India mahesh@iisertvm.ac.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8572-1899
Kavya VinodSchool of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Maruthamala P.O., Vithura Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695551 India mahesh@iisertvm.ac.in.
Jeswin SunnySchool of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Maruthamala P.O., Vithura Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695551 India mahesh@iisertvm.ac.in.
Mahesh HariharanSchool of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Maruthamala P.O., Vithura Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695551 India mahesh@iisertvm.ac.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3237-6235

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Eumelanin, a naturally occurring group of heterogeneous polymers/aggregates providing photoprotection to living organisms, consist of 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI) and 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) building blocks. Despite their prevalence in the animal world, the structure and therefore the mechanism behind the photoprotective broadband absorption and non-radiative decay of eumelanin remain largely unknown. As a small step towards solving the incessant mystery, DHI is crystallized in a non-protic solvent environment to obtain DHI crystals having a helical packing motif. The present approach reflects the solitary directional effect of hydrogen bonds between the DHI chromophores for generating the crystalline assembly and filters out any involvement of the surrounding solvent environment. The DHI single crystals having an atypical chiral packing motif (

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