Fabrication of keratin-cellulose cryogel for agricultural application

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Kwek, Vanessa Keem Shin
• مؤلفون آخرون: Ng Kee Woei
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• الموضوعات: Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials; Engineering::Materials::Material testing and characterization
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138791
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Human hair keratin is often exploited for biomedical applications due to its abundance in nature, toughness, bioactivity and biodegradability. Pure keratin, however, lacks mechanical integrity, and this inevitably limits its use. Therefore, the main aims are to strengthen the mechanical integrity...