Xylindein: Naturally Produced Fungal Compound for Sustainable (Opto)electronics.

ABSTRACT: Organic semiconductors are of interest for (opto)electronic applications due to their low cost, solution processability, and tunable properties. Recently, natural product-derived organic pigments attracted attention due to their extraordinary environmental stability and unexpectedly good optoelectronic performance, in spite of only partially conjugated molecular structure. Fungi-derived pigments are a naturally sourced, sustainable class of materials that are largely unexplored as organic semiconductor materials. We present a study of the optical and electronic properties of a fungi-derived pigment xylindein, which is secreted by the wood-staining fungi Chlorociboria aeruginosa, and its blends with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and crystalline nanocellulose (CNC). Optical absorpt

SUBMITTER: Giesbers G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704441 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature