Increasing Functionality of Fish Leather by Chemical Surface Modifications.

ABSTRACT: Fish skin is a by-product of the fishing industry, which has become a significant environmental pollutant in recent years. Therefore, there is an emerging interest in developing novel technologies to utilize fish skin as a versatile raw material for the clothing and biomedical industries. Most research on finishing procedures is conducted on cattle leather, and practically very limited information on fish leather finishing is found in the literature. We have developed three functional surface finishing treatments on chromium (CL)- and vegetable (VL)- tanned salmon leather. These treatments include hydrophobic, oil repellent, and electro-conductive ones. The hydroxyl functional groups present on the surface of the leather were covalently grafted with bi-functional aliphatic small molecule,

SUBMITTER: Zilberfarb A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10574862 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature