The development of crosslinked keratin-alginate sponges as novel biomaterials

• Main Author: Hartrianti, Pietradewi
• Other Authors: Ng Kee Woei
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/67023
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As one of the prospective alternative biomaterials that has recently been explored, keratin offered several advantages over other natural protein-based biomaterials such as its natural abundance, biocompatibility, presence of cell binding motifs that could improve cellular attachment and possibility...