Tanning agent free leather making enabled by the dispersity of collagen fibers combined with superhydrophobic coating
Xiu He, Yawen Huang, Hanzhong Xiao, Xiuzhen Xu, Yujia Wang, Xin Huang, Bi Shi
Abstract
A tanning agent free leather making strategy achieved by the combination of the dispersity of collagen fibers and a superhydrophobic coating is promising to open up a new route for realizing environmentally benign leather manufacture.
Topics & Concepts
DispersityCoatingMaterials scienceNanotechnologySuperhydrophobic coatingChemical engineeringComposite materialPolymer chemistryEngineeringCollagen: Extraction and CharacterizationAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies3D Printing in Biomedical Research