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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Masaru Uryu, Chiba, JP;
Kunihiko Tokura, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A polymeric composite material contains a biodegradable polymeric material that can be biologically decomposed in soil. More specifically, it contains bacterial cellulose including ribbon-shaped micro-fibrils that can be biologically decomposed by microbes in addition to the biodegradable polymeric material and shows improved physical properties including tensile strength. Such a polymeric composite material can be prepared by a method including steps of causing predetermined microbes cultured in a liquid culture medium to produce bacterial cellulose, collecting and drying the produced bacterial cellulose into a powdery state and mixing the powdery bacterial cellulose and a biodegradable polymeric material to produce a composite material.