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An approach towards identification of leather from leather-like polymeric material using FTIR-ATR technique

Collagen and Leather
Leather, a by-product of the meat industry, has unique strength, elasticity, water vapor permeability, resistance to abrasion, durability, and longevity.
P. Narayanan, Sreeram Kalarical Janardhanan   +1 more
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Sustainable Leather Manufacturing: Leveraging the Role of Plant Extracts for a Greener Future

Journal of Engineering
The global leather industry processes about 17 million tons of hides and skins annually, producing approximately 600 million cubic meters of tannery wastewater with pollutant levels often exceeding regulatory standards. The main aim of this review was to
Girmaw Yeshanbel Kefale, Lioul Getachew Alemu, Biniyam Solomon, Zerihun Teshome   +3 more
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5 Fluorouracil‐loaded biosynthesised gold nanoparticles for the in vitro treatment of human pancreatic cancer cell

IET Nanobiotechnology, 2019
In this study, green synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was performed by a sunlight irradiation method using the Borassus flabellifer fruit extract as a reducing agent. 5‐Fluorouracil (5‐FU)‐loaded GG capped AuNPs (5FU‐G‐AuNPs) was prepared.
Senthil Kumar Chinnaiyan, Agnes Mary Soloman, Ramesh Kannan Perumal, Arun Gopinath, Madhan Balaraman   +4 more
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Review: Leather sustainability, an industrial ecology in process

Journal of Industrial Ecology
Leather production is a historic industry that still has an economic influence throughout the world. Leather making is done following a sequence of complex chemical and mechanical steps, using energy, quantity of water and chemicals, and generating waste.
Agnès Thomasset, Stéphane Benayoun
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Characterization of Extracted Vegetable Tannin From Bombax ceiba Flowers: Physical–Mechanical Assessment of Produced Leather

Journal of Chemistry
Retanning is an important step in leather production that improves leather’s physical and mechanical properties to achieve the desired final quality. To ensure an eco-friendly environment, a green tanning agent is used in the retanning step instead of ...
Md. Abul Hashem, Sasbir Rahman Sium, Syeda Fariha Rahman, Md. Mukimujjaman Miem, Modinatul Maoya   +4 more
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Cross-linking impacts the physical properties of mycelium leather alternatives by targeting hydroxyl groups of polysaccharides and amino groups of proteins

Heliyon
Cross-linking, also called tanning, improves mechanical properties of leather and also increases its enzymatic and thermal stability. As a final product, leather has an ultimate tensile strength (σ) of 8–25 MPa and an elongation at break (ε) of >30 ...
Antonio d’Errico, M. Schröpfer, Anke Mondschein, A. Safeer, M. Baldus, H. Wösten   +5 more
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Enhanced photocatalysts based on Ag-TiO2 and Ag-N-TiO2 nanoparticles for multifunctional leather surface coating

Open Chemistry, 2016
The Ag deposition on TiO2 nanoparticles (Ag-TiO2 NPs) and N-TiO2 nanoparticles (Ag-N-TiO2 NPs) has been made by electrochemical methodology in view of improved antibacterial properties and enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation.
Gaidau Carmen, Petica Aurora, Ignat Madalina, Iordache Ovidiu, Ditu Lia-Mara, Ionescu Marcel   +5 more
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Flame retardance of leather with flame retardant added in retanning process

Results in Physics, 2019
With the wide application of leather products, higher requirements are put forward for its flame retardancy. In this work, in order to improve the flame retardant performance of leather, phosphorus flame retardant (PFR), nitrogen and phosphorus ...
Baorong Duan, Quanjie Wang, Xue Wang, Yun Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Shen Diao   +5 more
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CIRCULAR TECHNOLOGY FOR SHEEPSKIN TANNING [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork, 2022
The circular economy is synonymous with the production of "zero waste" in the context in which valuable resources are lost and the European development agenda aims for a program of smart, sustainable, inclusive growth. At present, finding alternatives to
GAIDAU Carmen, STANCA Maria, NICULESCU Mihaela, BERECHET Daniela, SIMION Demetra, ALEXE Cosmin   +5 more
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Chromium-free and waterless vegetable-aluminium tanning system for sustainable leather manufacture

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2021
Intensifying researches in leather sector are focusing on eco-benign tanning chemicals with less environmental impact processing route. The present study aims to design an eco-acceptable shoe upper leather process that could potentially eliminate use of ...
Srinivasan Pradeep, Sundarapandiyan Sundaramoorthy, Murali Sathish, Gladstone Christopher Jayakumar, Aravindhan Rathinam, Balaraman Madhan, Palanivel Saravanan, Jonnalagadda Raghava Rao   +7 more
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