Effect of degumming time on silkworm silk fibre for biodegradable polymer composites

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3948-3955

  Ho, Mei Po ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Lau, Kin Tak ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Biodegradation; Hydrophilicity; Silk; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGUMMING; HYDROPHILICITY; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS; SILK;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER COMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PLANT-BASED MATERIALS; POLYMER BASED COMPOSITE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SURFACE MODIFICATION PROCESS; SURFACE MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 84856218855     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.12.068     Document Type: Article

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