Anisotropic hair keratin-dopamine composite scaffolds exhibit strain-stiffening properties

• Main Authors: Zhao, Zhitong, Chua, Huei Min, Goh, Bernice Huan Rong, Lai, Hui Ying, Tan, Shao Jie, Moay, Zi Kuang, Setyawati, Magdiel Inggrid, Ng, Kee Woei
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials; Human Hair Keratin; Directed Ice Templating; Oxidized Dopamine; Anisotropic Microstructure; Biomimetic Strain-Stiffening
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153474
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Human hair keratin (HHK) has been successfully explored as raw materials for three-dimensional scaffolds for soft tissue regeneration due to its excellent biocompatibility and bioactivity. However, none of the reported HHK based scaffolds is able to replicate the strain-stiffening capacity of living...