Melanin is an electronically-active amorphous semiconductor that readily converts electronic energy, i.e., light, into vibrational energy in the form of heat or sound and vice versa. There are five basic types of melanin: eumelanin, pheomelanin, neuromelanin, allomelanin and pyomelanin. Before we look at the five different types of melanin in-depth, let’s first examine what melanin does more generally and how it works in the body.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://ubuntuvillageusa.org/2022/09/20/melanin-the-amazing-electronically-active-semiconductor/
