Development of Ductile‐Sticky Bone Fillers from Biodegradable Hydrolyzed Wool‐Keratin and Silk Fibroin
Serife Bekar,
Tugba Sezgin Arslan,
Yavuz Emre Arslan
Abstract:In the present study, a method is proposed for preparing novel ductile‐sticky materials that can be used as bone void fillers using hydrolyzed wool‐keratin (WK) and silk fibroin (SF). This methodology uses citric acid as a cross‐linking agent in preparing keratin paste (KP) owing to its non‐toxicity and plasticizing properties. The Keratin paste‐silk fibroin structure (KPSF) is obtained by adding SF, which possesses biocompatible and superior mechanical properties. Methanol treatment is employed on the KPSF mi… Show more
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