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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2008
Vipin Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);
Krishna V. Nadella, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Probert, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Vipin Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);
Krishna V. Nadella, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Probert, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for making a shapeable article from poly(lactic acid) includes treating solid poly(lactic acid) that results in the solid poly(lactic acid) having a crystallinity of at least 20% by weight based on the weight of the solid poly(lactic acid) and a gas concentration of 6% to 16% by weight based on the weight of the solid poly(lactic acid); and heating the solid poly(lactic acid) having said minimum crystallinity and gas concentration to produce a cellular poly(lactic acid) article that is shapeable. The shapeable cellular poly(lactic acid) article is advantageous in that the article can be further shaped by heat and/or pressure (or vacuum), such as via thermoforming, into a variety of useful products.