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Molecular Entanglement and Electrospinnability of Biopolymers
Published on: September 3, 2014
Patents on fiber spinning from starches
Lingyan Kong1, Gregory R Ziegler
1Department of Food Science, Pennsylvania State University, 341 Food Science Building, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract:
Starch is a promising bio-based material to replace synthetics in a number of applications. The production of starch-based fibers has been actively pursued in the patent literature. This article reviews patents on starch fiber technology, including fiber spinning from amylose, thermoplastic starch compositions, and non-thermoplastic starch compositions. Some new fiber spinning techniques, e.g. electrospinning and rotary jet spinning, employed for spinning starch fibers are also presented.

