This book offers a state-of-the-art view of leather making, based on the scientific principles
underpinning the technology. In particular, it contributes to the understanding of the modern …

Leather artefacts, archaeological, historical or modern, are prone to microbiological attack
which could lead to irreversible degradation. Previous studies performed on new leather …

Leather is a product that has been used for millennia. While it is a natural material, its
production raises serious environmental and ethical concerns. To mitigate those, the …

The aging mechanism of leather and parchment was studied by thermoanalytical methods to
understand the effect of the environment on the historical manuscripts and the heritage of …

Epoxy polymers have good mechanical and thermal properties, high chemical resistance,
and high adhesion properties; however, their brittleness limits their applications. Hydroxyl …

As an important component of biomaterials, collagen provides three-dimensional scaffolds
and biological cues for cell adhesion and proliferation in tissue engineering. Recombinant …

The pyrolysis kinetics and mechanism of leathers that were tanned with mimosa extract and
tannic acid were investigated in this paper. The Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) and …

Chromium-tanned leathers used in the manufacture of footwear and leather goods pose an
environmental problem because they contain harmful chemicals and are very difficult to …

Bovine collagen was functionalized by extensive process modifications for fabricating
tanned bovine collagen fibers (TBCFs), as a new semisynthetic macro-, meso-and micro …

Physicochemically modified goat collagen fiber (PCMGCF), a porous semisynthetic
adsorbent of excellent reusability/recyclability, adsorption capacities (ACs) and waste …