Method of preparing biodegradable modified-starch moldable products and films
AssigneeEvercorn, Inc.
InventorsRamani Narayan, Steven Bloembergen, Amit Lathia
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Abstract
A method of preparing biodegradable moldable products and films includes the steps of preparing biodegradable, hydrophobic, modified starch, and forming a thermoplastic product, comprising the modified starch, and optionally a miscible and biodegradable plasticizer, and/or a compatible filler.
Claims6
A biodegradable product or film containing as the sole starch based polymer a biodegradable, water insoluble, starch ester having a DS of about 1.0 to about 2.5 which has been prepared by reacting purified starch containing at least 50% amylose with an acylation agent and a base catalyst in an aprotic solvent under anhydrous conditions.
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