Partially carboxymethylated feather keratins. 2. Thermal and mechanical properties of films |
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Authors: | Schrooyen P M Dijkstra P J Oberthür R C Bantjes A Feijen J |
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Institution: | Department of Chemical Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | Free cysteine thiol groups of keratin extracted from chicken feathers were partially carboxymethylated with iodoacetic acid (25-76% cysteine modification). Stable dispersions were used for the preparation of films by solution casting. Glycerol was used as a plasticizer (0.05-0.47 g/g of keratin), and films were stored at a constant relative humidity (20, 30, 50, 70, or 90%). The degree of crystallinity in the films was higher when more cysteine residues were carboxymethylated. The films displayed an optimum in mechanical properties at approximately 50% cysteine carboxymethylation. The tensile strength at this optimum was 25 MPa, the E modulus, 350 MPa, and the elongation at break, 50%. Probably, this optimum was the result of both a decreasing amount of disulfide bonds and an increasing degree of crystallinity for higher degrees of cysteine modification. The influences of a higher amount of glycerol and of different storage conditions on the mechanical properties of films from keratin with a defined degree of cysteine modification were also investigated. |
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