Enzymatic treatment of wool and silk fibers

Shen, Jinsong

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-102632-8.00005-0

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“…Treatments with enzymes like Cellulases, Pectinases, Hemicellulases, and Xylanases have been investigated in this respect. So far, no single enzymatic treatment for wool carbonization has been suggested [93].…”

Section: Carbonizationmentioning

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Eco-Friendly Processing of Wool and Sustainable Valorization of This Natural Bioresource

Popescu,

Stanescu

2024

Sustainability

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The environmental invasion of plastic waste leads to, among other things, a reassessment of natural fibers. Environmental pollution has shown the importance of the degradability, among other properties, of the raw materials used by the textile industry or other industrial fields. Wool seems to be a better raw material than the polymers that generate large quantities of micro- and nano-plastics, polluting the soil, water, and air. However, the usual processing of raw wool involves a number of chemically very polluting treatments. Thus, sustainable procedures for making wool processing environmentally friendly have been considered, leading to the reappraisal of wool as a suitable raw material. Besides their applications for textile products (including smart textiles), new directions for the valorization of this natural material have been developed. According to the recent literature, wool may be successfully used as a thermal and phonic insulator, fertilizer, or component for industrial devices, or in medical applications, etc. In addition, the wool protein α-keratin may be extracted and used for new biomaterials with many practical applications in various fields. This review makes a survey of the recent data in the literature concerning wool production, processing, and applications, emphasizing the environmental aspects and pointing to solutions generating sustainable development.

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Section: Carbonizationmentioning

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Eco-Friendly Processing of Wool and Sustainable Valorization of This Natural Bioresource

Popescu,

Stanescu

2024

Sustainability

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“…Several areas should be mentioned here. Thus, biocatalytic technologies are very actively developed and used in the textile industry in the processing of natural fibers, modification, dyeing and processing of biopolymers; these approaches are highlighted in a number of recent publications [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 ] and are beyond the scope of this manuscript.…”

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Prospects of Using Biocatalysis for the Synthesis and Modification of Polymers

Nikulin

Švedas

2021

Molecules

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Trends in the dynamically developing application of biocatalysis for the synthesis and modification of polymers over the past 5 years are considered, with an emphasis on the production of biodegradable, biocompatible and functional polymeric materials oriented to medical applications. The possibilities of using enzymes not only as catalysts for polymerization but also for the preparation of monomers for polymerization or oligomers for block copolymerization are considered. Special attention is paid to the prospects and existing limitations of biocatalytic production of new synthetic biopolymers based on natural compounds and monomers from biomass, which can lead to a huge variety of functional biomaterials. The existing experience and perspectives for the integration of bio- and chemocatalysis in this area are discussed.

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Microbial Lipases in Modern Detergency: Sources, Production, and Application

Katiyar,

Lal

2024

Microbial Enzymes

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Enzymatic treatment of wool and silk fibers

Cited by 13 publications

References 93 publications

Eco-Friendly Processing of Wool and Sustainable Valorization of This Natural Bioresource

Eco-Friendly Processing of Wool and Sustainable Valorization of This Natural Bioresource

Prospects of Using Biocatalysis for the Synthesis and Modification of Polymers

Microbial Lipases in Modern Detergency: Sources, Production, and Application

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