We demonstrate the effect of concentration of extracted keratin on the rebuilding of disulfur bond during dialysis against deionized water: cross-linked networks can be formed in the aggregate when the concentration is high, whereas at low concentration, intramolecular disulfur bond is preferred. This preliminary study illustrates, for the first time, the potential of controlling the cross-linking between keratin chains by facile means without addition of other chemicals, which is helpful to construct the biomacromolecular self-assemblies.
