Kaneka Corporation

Riken Corporation

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tetsuya Minami

Noriyuki Suzuki

Keiji Matsumoto

Hisashi Arikawa

Shingo Kobayashi

Ryohei Koyama

Rina Aoki

Nobuo Nakamura

Tetsuya Shibata

Takeshi Kikutani

Takahiko Sugaya

Hideki Abe

Hidekazu Oohara

Wataru Takarada

Kenichiro Nishiza

Provided are poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles in which a gel fraction of the whole foam particles is from 30 to 80% by weight and a difference in gel fraction between inside and outside of the foam particles is 25% by weight or less. Preferably, the foam particles are particles crosslinked by an organic peroxide. Preferably, the organic peroxide has a 1 hour half-life temperature of 114 to 124° C., contains a carbonate group, and is liquid at room temperature.

Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles and poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam molded article

Provided are poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles, which can give a foam molded article having good surface aspects and a low shrinkage ratio of a molding, and the foam molded article. The poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles have at least two melting peaks on a DSC curve obtained by differential scanning calorimetry and in which a melting calorie (X) on a high temperature side is 0.1 to 20 J/g, a gel fraction (Y) is 20 to 75% by weight, and the melting calorie (X) and the gel fraction (Y) satisfy Formula: X+Y&#x2265;30.

A PHA copolymer which is slowly crystallized is improved in crystallization speed to improve the melt workability of the PHA copolymer in working such as injection molding, film molding, blow molding, fiber spinning, extrusion foaming or bead foaming, thereby improving the resultant articles in productivity. A method for the improvement is a method for producing a PHA mixture, including the step of culturing a microorganism having both of a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a copolymer PHA (A) and that is derived from the genus, and a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a PHA (B) different in melting point from the copolymer PHA (A) by 10&#xb0; C. or more to produce, in a cell of the microorganism, two or more PHAs different in melting point from one another by 10&#xb0; C. or more simultaneously.

Microorganism having multiple genes encoding PHA synthase and method for producing PHA using same

A biodegradable polyester resin composition containing 30 to 60 parts by weight of (A) a polylactic acid, 25 to 45 parts by weight of (B) a poly-3-hydroxyalkanoate, and 5 to 25 parts by weight of (C) an aliphatic-aromatic polyester, based on 100 parts by weight in total of (A) the polylactic acid, (B) the poly-3-hydroxyalkanoate and (C) the aliphatic-aromatic polyester. The biodegradable polyester resin composition further contains 0.05 to 20 parts by weight: of (D) pentaerythritol, 10 to 40 parts by weight of (E) a silicate, and 0 to 3 parts by weight of (F) a compatibilizer having an epoxy group, relative to 100 parts by weight in total of (A) the polylactic acid, (B) the poly-3-hydroxyalkanoate, and (C) the aliphatic-aromatic polyester.

Biodegradable polyester resin composition and molded article formed from said resin composition

A PHA copolymer which is slowly crystallized is improved in crystallization speed to improve the melt workability of the PHA copolymer in working such as injection molding, film molding, blow molding, fiber spinning, extrusion foaming or bead foaming, thereby improving the resultant articles in productivity. A method for the improvement is a method for producing a PHA mixture, including the step of culturing a microorganism having both of a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a copolymer PHA (A) and that is derived from the genusand a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a PHA (B) different in melting point from the copolymer PHA (A) by 10&#xb0; C. or more to produce, in a cell of the microorganism, two or more PHAs different in melting point from one another by 10&#xb0; C. or more simultaneously.

A polyester resin composition includes: a polylactic acid; a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate); pentaerythritol; and a silicate. In the polyester resin composition, an amount of the polylactic acid is from 55 to 75 parts by weight, and an amount of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (B) is from 25 to 45 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of a total amount of the polylactic acid and the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate); an amount of the pentaerythritol is from 0.05 to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the polylactic acid and the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate); and an amount of the silicate is from 10 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the polylactic acid and the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate).

Polyester resin composition and polyester resin formed article

An object of the present invention is to: improve slowness of crystallization that is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoate; suppress bloom of a nucleating agent or the like; and improve surface smoothness and mold transferability of an obtained molded body. The present invention provides an aliphatic polyester resin composition including polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), pentaerythritol (B), and a filler (C).

Aliphatic polyester resin composition and aliphatic polyester resin molded article

An object is to improve slow crystallization that is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoates, improve processability in mold processing, such as injection molding, improve processing speed, and suppress blooming from a obtaining molded article. Provided is an aliphatic polyester resin composition including a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), a vinyl acetate-containing copolymer (B), and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the polyhydroxyalkanoate (A) and the vinyl acetate-containing copolymer (B) are immiscible.

Provided is a resin composition excellent in processability and productivity, which improves low crystallization rate and improves processability in forming such as injection molding or sheet forming. Provided is a polyester resin composition including a polyester resin (A), a crystallization promoter (B), and pentaerythritol (C).

Polyester resin composition and formed article including resin composition

An object of the present invention is to improve spinnability, productivity, and tensile strength of a polyester fiber containing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate). By spinning the polyester resin containing the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) at a high spinning velocity, the spinnability, productivity, and tensile strength of the polyester fiber can be improved.

Polyester fiber

Disclosed herein is an aliphatic polyester resin composition that simultaneously improves slow crystallization, low impact strength, and low tensile elongation that are the drawbacks of a polyhydroxyalkanoate. The aliphatic polyester resin composition comprises: a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A); a graft copolymer (B); and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the graft copolymer (B) is obtained by graft polymerization of a vinyl-based monomer onto at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of a composite rubber (b1) comprising a polyorganosiloxane component and a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate component, an acrylic rubber (b2), and a diene-based rubber (b3) comprising a diene-based monomer.

Polyester resin composition, and molded article containing said resin composition

An object is to improve both slow crystallization and brittleness that are drawbacks of polyhydroxyalkanoates, so that processability in mold processing, such as injection molding, is improved, processing speed is increased, and ductility is imparted to a resulting molded article. Provided is an aliphatic polyester resin composition including a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin (B), and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin (B) has a vinyl acetate content of 65 to 95 wt %, and the polyhydroxyalkanoate (A) and the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin (B) are compatible.

Polyester resin composition and molded article containing this resin composition

A resin composition, which can achieve the crystallization effect of pentaerythritol, is provided with good workability. The resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and pentaerythritol particles (B), wherein 70% or more of the pentaerythritol particles (B) have a particle diameter of 100 &#x3bc;m or less.

Resin composition, resin molded article, and methods respectively for producing these products

An object is to increase crystallization speed, which is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoate, to improve processability in processing such as injection molding or blow molding and increase the speed of processing and is, in addition, to refine the crystal of polyhydroxyalkanoate to suppress a change of mechanical properties with passage of time of a resulting molded article. Disclosed herein is a polyester resin composition containing polyhydroxyalkanoate and pentaerythritol.

The present invention provides a resin composition that improves slow crystallization, which is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoates, and is excellent in molding processability and productivity. The resin composition is an aliphatic polyester resin composition comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), an amide bond-containing compound (B), and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the amide bond-containing compound (B) is represented by any one of the following general formulas: R&#x2014;C(O)N(R), R&#x2014;C(O)NH&#x2014;(R)&#x2014;NHC(O)&#x2014;R, R&#x2014;NHC(O)NH&#x2014;(R)&#x2014;NHC(O)NH&#x2014;R, R&#x2014;NHC(O)&#x2014;R, R&#x2014;NHC(O)&#x2014;(R)&#x2014;C(O)NH&#x2014;R, R&#x2014;C(O)NH&#x2014;(R)&#x2014;C(O)NH&#x2014;R, R&#x2014;NHC(O)NH&#x2014;(R)&#x2014;C(O)NH&#x2014;R, and R&#x2014;NHC(O)NH&#x2014;(R)&#x2014;NHC(O)&#x2014;R.

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