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Microcrystalline Avian Keratin Protein Fibers

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Natural Fibers, Plastics and Composites

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Biopolymers compose the morphological structures generated in all living organisms. The macroscopic physical properties of biopolymers like keratin are due both to molecular level structure and microcrystallinity, the self-consistent packing arrays of molecular order within a defined space. Processing fiber into end products can retain the microcrystalline properties of the starting materials.

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  1. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Environmental Quality Laboratory, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA

    Walter F. Schmidt & Shalini Jayasundera

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    Frederick T. Wallenberger

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Schmidt, W.F., Jayasundera, S. (2004). Microcrystalline Avian Keratin Protein Fibers. In: Wallenberger, F.T., Weston, N.E. (eds) Natural Fibers, Plastics and Composites. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9050-1_4

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