Engineering with keratin: A functional material and a source of bioinspiration

Summary: Keratin is a highly multifunctional biopolymer serving various roles in nature due to its diverse material properties, wide spectrum of structural designs, and impressive performance. Keratin-based materials are mechanically robust, thermally insulating, lightweight, capable of undergoing r...

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Main Authors: Benjamin S. Lazarus, Charul Chadha, Audrey Velasco-Hogan, Josiane D.V. Barbosa, Iwona Jasiuk, Marc A. Meyers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221007665