Understanding the physical and chemical properties of keratin films

• 主要作者: Chia, Sheryl CaiYing.
• 其他作者: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• 格式: Final Year Project
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2013
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51494
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Hair is seen as a waste material to be discarded after a haircut. However this waste material can be reused as a biomaterial for greater applications such as wound dressing applications or skin reconstruction. Hair is made up predominantly of keratin, which is a biopolymer that is biocompatible and...