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An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film

Feathers biomass from poultry industry is considered as an important waste product, which creates serious environmental problems. In this study, keratin was extracted from waste chicken feathers using sodium sulfide as a reducing agent under optimized conditions. The extracted keratin particles were...

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Main Authors: Sharma, Swati, Kumar, Ashok, Chua, Gek Kee, Kamyab, Hesam, Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik
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Published: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24067/1/An%20efficient%20conversion%20of%20waste%20feather1.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24067/
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-018-1498-2
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spelling my.ump.umpir.240672019-09-10T03:07:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24067/ An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film Sharma, Swati Kumar, Ashok Chua, Gek Kee Kamyab, Hesam Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik TP Chemical technology Feathers biomass from poultry industry is considered as an important waste product, which creates serious environmental problems. In this study, keratin was extracted from waste chicken feathers using sodium sulfide as a reducing agent under optimized conditions. The extracted keratin particles were used to develop a bioploymeric film by adding microcrystalline cellulose as nano-additive agent. The calculated yield of 80.2% was obtained for keratin from feathers dry weight 25 g (w/w). The extracted keratin was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, wide-angle X-ray diffraction. The physiochemical characteristics of the feathers were compared with the keratin powder. The regenerated keratin particles preserved their chemical composition, thermal strength and stability after chemical extraction. The extracted keratin particles showed 10–20-µm spongy porous microparticles in SEM analysis. The keratin powder was used to synthesize a bioplastic film using glycerol (3.5%) and microcrystalline cellulose (0.2%) in NaOH for 48 h at 60 °C. The calculated thickness of bioplastic film was 1.12 × 10−4 mm with tensile strength of 3.62 ± 0.6 MPa. The Young’s modulus and break elongation for synthesized bioplastic film were 1.52 ± 0.34 MPa and 15.8 ± 2.2%, respectively. The feather and keratin showed maximum similarity index of 64.74% (l-alanyl, l-alanyl, l-alanine, p-nitroanilide) and 64.32% with d-pantethine, respectively, using OMNIC Specta software. Overall, the study presented a highly efficient method to convert the waste feather biomass into a bioplastic film which can be used in biopolymer, biomedical and pharmaceutical industries. Springer International Publishing 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24067/1/An%20efficient%20conversion%20of%20waste%20feather1.pdf Sharma, Swati and Kumar, Ashok and Chua, Gek Kee and Kamyab, Hesam and Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik (2018) An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 20 (10). pp. 2157-2167. ISSN 1618-954X https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-018-1498-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-018-1498-2
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Sharma, Swati
Kumar, Ashok
Chua, Gek Kee
Kamyab, Hesam
Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik
An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film
description Feathers biomass from poultry industry is considered as an important waste product, which creates serious environmental problems. In this study, keratin was extracted from waste chicken feathers using sodium sulfide as a reducing agent under optimized conditions. The extracted keratin particles were used to develop a bioploymeric film by adding microcrystalline cellulose as nano-additive agent. The calculated yield of 80.2% was obtained for keratin from feathers dry weight 25 g (w/w). The extracted keratin was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, wide-angle X-ray diffraction. The physiochemical characteristics of the feathers were compared with the keratin powder. The regenerated keratin particles preserved their chemical composition, thermal strength and stability after chemical extraction. The extracted keratin particles showed 10–20-µm spongy porous microparticles in SEM analysis. The keratin powder was used to synthesize a bioplastic film using glycerol (3.5%) and microcrystalline cellulose (0.2%) in NaOH for 48 h at 60 °C. The calculated thickness of bioplastic film was 1.12 × 10−4 mm with tensile strength of 3.62 ± 0.6 MPa. The Young’s modulus and break elongation for synthesized bioplastic film were 1.52 ± 0.34 MPa and 15.8 ± 2.2%, respectively. The feather and keratin showed maximum similarity index of 64.74% (l-alanyl, l-alanyl, l-alanine, p-nitroanilide) and 64.32% with d-pantethine, respectively, using OMNIC Specta software. Overall, the study presented a highly efficient method to convert the waste feather biomass into a bioplastic film which can be used in biopolymer, biomedical and pharmaceutical industries.
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author Sharma, Swati
Kumar, Ashok
Chua, Gek Kee
Kamyab, Hesam
Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik
author_facet Sharma, Swati
Kumar, Ashok
Chua, Gek Kee
Kamyab, Hesam
Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik
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title An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film
title_short An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film
title_full An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film
title_fullStr An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film
title_full_unstemmed An efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film
title_sort efficient conversion of waste feather keratin into ecofriendly bioplastic film
publisher Springer International Publishing
publishDate 2018
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24067/1/An%20efficient%20conversion%20of%20waste%20feather1.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-018-1498-2
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