Summary
Poultry feathers are among the most abundant keratin-rich waste streams and among the most polluting. This study develops a one-pot process in which microwave-assisted extraction pulls keratin from the feathers and the raw extract is then electrospun directly, without purification. Skipping the purification step is what makes the route viable: it removes the stage where most waste-to-material processes lose their economic advantage, turning feathers into keratin-based bioplastics in a single sequence.
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Linari Electrospinning Systems
Linari electrospinning apparatus with grounded flat collector
The keratin extract was spun directly on a Linari Engineering apparatus using aluminium foil as a grounded collector and a commercial 10 ml syringe - a deliberately simple setup, suited to a process whose point is to avoid added complexity. See our range of systems.