title: Patents on fiber spinning from starches.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, Pennsylvania State University, 341 Food Science Building, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Lingyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Gregory R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D000688:Amylose; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D010330:Patents as Topic; D013213:Starch
chemical_list: D004043:Dietary Fiber; D013213:Starch; D000688:Amylose