Methods for making polylactic acid stereocomplex fibers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8182725
APP PUB NO 20100308494A1
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12679365

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PLA stereocomplex fibers are made by separately melting a high-D PLA starting resin and a high-L starting resin, mixing the melts and spinning the molten mixture. Subsequent heat treatment introduces high-melting “stereocomplex” crystallinity into the fibers. The process can form fibers having a high content of “stereocomplex” crystallites that have a high melting temperature. As a result, the fibers have excellent thermal resistance. The process is also easily adaptable to commercial melt spinning operations.

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  • NATUREWORKS LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Green, Robert A Cary, US 7 31
Kamann, Chad Henry Carver, US 4 10
Kolstad, Jeffrey John Wayzata, US 44 1337

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