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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Orlin D. Velev, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yosra Kotb, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 5/18 (2006.01); B65D 65/46 (2006.01); C08L 5/08 (2006.01); C08L 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 5/18 (2013.01); B65D 65/466 (2013.01); C08L 5/08 (2013.01); C08L 5/12 (2013.01); C08J 2305/08 (2013.01); C08J 2305/12 (2013.01); C08J 2405/08 (2013.01); C08J 2405/12 (2013.01); C08L 2201/06 (2013.01); C08L 2203/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a biopolymer composite film that includes a polysaccharide matrix reinforced with soft dendritic colloids and methods for making. The method can include dissolving agarose in water to form a first mixture, mixing nanofibrillated chitosan in the agarose, sonicating or stirring the mixture to form a homogeneous second mixture, casting the second mixture, and gelling the second mixture to form a film. Also provided is a food or consumer product packaging film that includes the biopolymer composite film.