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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Eric J. Campbell, Rochester, MN (US);
Sarah K. Czaplewski, Rochester, MN (US);
Brandon M. Kobilka, Tucson, AZ (US);
Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, FL (US);
Jason T. Wertz, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A process of forming a functionalized polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material includes forming a saturated PHA material via a bacterial fermentation process. The process further includes performing an oxide elimination reaction on the saturated PHA material to form an unsaturated PHA material having a carbon-carbon double bond in a polymer backbone. The process also includes utilizing the unsaturated PHA material to form an epoxidized PHA material. The process further includes utilizing the epoxidized PHA material to form a functionalized PHA material. The functionalized PHA material has one or more cross-linkable functional groups bonded to a polymer backbone of the functionalized PHA material.