Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Sctructure and Properties of Biocomposities Based on Keratin and Thermoplastic Polymers

  • CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF POLYMER MATERIALS
  • Published:
Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract—

New composites based on keratin and EVA (the copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate) are developed. Their mechanical and rheological properties and their process of biodegradation are investigated. These materials’ characteristics were with composites based on polyethylene and keratin to study interfacial interactions. Differences in their mechanical properties are revealed. It is shown that biodegradation proceeds better in composites using EVA because it has reactive groups, in contrast to polyethylene.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. Polymer Blends, Vol. 2: Performance, Ed. by D. R. Paul and K. B. Bucknall (Wiley, New York, Chichester etc., 2000)

  2. J. R. Barone, Composites, Part A 36, 1518 (2005).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. J. R. Barone and W. F. Schmidt, Compos. Sci. Technol. 65, 173 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. J. R. Barone, W. F. Schmidt, and C. F. E. Liebner, Compos. Sci. Technol. 65, 683 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. S. Huda and Y. Yang, J. Polym. Environ. 17, 131 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. I. Spiridon, O. M. Paduraru, M. Rudowski, et al., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 51, 7279 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. E. V. Prut, R. S. Smykovskaya, O. P. Kuznetsova, Yu. I. Deryabina, V. G. Volik, and A. A. Berlin, Dokl. Phys. Chem. 473, 52 (2017).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. E. V. Prut, L. A. Zhorina, O. P. Kuznetsova, D. V. Kolotilin, V. G. Krasheninnikov, A. I. Sergeev, V. V. Ermilov, E. E. Potapov, and V. G. Volik, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. B 12, 308 (2018).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. A. E. Chalykh, V. Yu. Stepanenko, A. A. Shcherbina, et al., Klei. Germet. Tekhnol., No. 7, 2 (2008).

  10. V. E. Dreval’, F. N. Khairetdinov, I. A. Litvinov, et al., Vysokomol. Soedin., Ser. A 37, 79 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  11. E. V. Prut, R. S. Smykovskaya, O. P. Kuznetsova, et al., Vestn. Tver. Univ., Ser.: Khim., No. 2, 39 (2017).

  12. J. A. Manson and L. H. Sperling, Polymer Blends and Composites (Plenum, New York, London, 1976).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  13. S. L. Bazhenov, Plastics Additives (Chapman and Hall, London, New York, Madras, 1998), . 252.

    Google Scholar 

  14. E. V. Prut, L. A. Zhorina, L. V. Kompaniets, et al., Polimery 62, 548 (2017).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Yu. S. Lipatov, Physical Chemistry of Filled Polymers (Khimiya, Moscow, 1977) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  16. F. Ya. Malkin and A. I. Isaev, Rheology: Concept, Methods, Applications (Professiya, St. Petersburg, 2007) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  17. A. V. Shenoy, Rheology of Filled Polymer Systems (Kluwer Acad., New York, 1999).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  18. R. S. Smykovskaya, O. P. Kuznetsova, and E. V. Prut, in Proceedings of the 7th Youth School-Conference on Chemistry, Physics, Biology: Integration Paths (SMU IKhF RAN, Moscow, 2019), p. 67.

  19. A. A. Shcherbina, A. E. Chalykh, and Yu. Yu. Gladkikh, Klei, Germet. Tekhnol., No. 3, 27 (2015).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    R. S. Smykovskaya, O. P. Kuznetsova & E. V. Prut

  2. All-Russian Research Institute of Poultry-Processing Industry(VNIIPP), Branch of the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution of the Federal Scientific Center “All-Russian Research and Technological Institute of Poultry Farming” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 141552, Rzhavka, Moscow oblast, Russia

    V. G. Volik

Authors
  1. R. S. Smykovskaya
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. O. P. Kuznetsova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. G. Volik
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. E. V. Prut
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to E. V. Prut.

Ethics declarations

CONCLUSIONS

New composites based on keratin and thermoplastic polymers (polyethylene and EVA) were developed.

Comparative analysis of the properties of the EVA/keratin and PE/keratin composites was performed to study interfacial interactions.

It was shown that for EVA/keratin composites, the dispersion of the filler affects the mechanical properties at large fillers and does not show a relationship at small ones.

The rheological properties of the EVA/keratin and PE/keratin composites are similar, but the biodegradation rate is twice that of the EVA/keratin composites, due to the presence of reactive groups in EVA.

FUNDING

The work was carried out within the framework of the state assignment (no. state registration: AAAA-A17-117040610309-0).

Additional information

Translated by M. Drozdova

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Smykovskaya, R.S., Kuznetsova, O.P., Volik, V.G. et al. Sctructure and Properties of Biocomposities Based on Keratin and Thermoplastic Polymers. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. B 14, 510–515 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990793120030100

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990793120030100

Keywords:

Search

Navigation