Keratin based bioplastic film from chicken feathers and its characterization

• Main Authors: Ramakrishnan, Navina, Sharma, Swati, Gupta, Arun, Alashwal, Basma Yahya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2018
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23058/1/Keratin%20based%20bioplastic%20film%20from%20chicken%20feathers%20and%20its%20characterization.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23058/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.037; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.037
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Plastics have been one of the highly valued materials and it plays an significant role in human's life such as in food packaging and biomedical applications. Bioplastic materials can gradually work as a substitute for various materials based on fossil oil. The issue like sustainability and envi...