Keratins extracted from Merino wool and Brown Alpaca fibres as potential fillers for PLLA-based biocomposites

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6257-6269

  Aluigi, A ^a   Tonetti, C ^a   Rombaldoni, F ^a   Puglia, D ^b   Fortunati, E ^b   Armentano, I ^b   Santulli, C ^c   Torre, L ^b   Kenny, J M ^b,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENTS; WOOL; YARN;

BIOCOMPOSITE FILMS; DISPERSION METHODS; HELIX STRUCTURES; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; SUPER-MOLECULAR STRUCTURES; SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS;

KERATIN;

EID: 84904718398     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8350-9     Document Type: Article

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