All green composites from fully renewable biopolymers: Chitosan-Starch reinforced with Keratin from feathers

Polymers

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 686-705

  Flores Hernández, Cynthia G ^a,c   Colín Cruz, Arturo ^a   Velasco Santos, Carlos ^b,c   Castaño, Víctor M ^c,g   Rivera Armenta, José L ^d   Almendarez Camarillo, Armando ^e   García Casillas, Perla E ^f   Martínez Hernández, Ana L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^d Madero City Technological Institute   (Mexico)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^f Industrial Engineering Department   (Mexico)

^g Centro de Tecnologia Avanzada Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofibers; Biopolymer composite; Chicken feather; Chitosan; Keratin; Starch

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITOSAN; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BIOFIBERS; BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITES; CHICKEN FEATHERS; FIBRILLAR PROTEINS; GOOD COMPATIBILITY; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

KERATIN;

EID: 84899539463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym6030686     Document Type: Article

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