I-Corps: Commercialization Feasibility of Biodegradable Thermoplastics Cornstarch (TPS) Hybrid Multi-layer Blown Films and 3D Printing Filaments by Novel Processes

I-Corps：通过新颖工艺实现可生物降解热塑性塑料玉米淀粉 (TPS) 混合多层吹塑薄膜和 3D 打印长丝的商业化可行性

• 批准号: 1261136
• 负责人: Spencer Kim
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1261136&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Commercialization; Feasibility; Biodegradable; Thermoplastics

The primary goals of the project are to validate the concept of newly developed co-ex blown film processes and to develop new materials for the filament of 3-D printing technology which may help in reducing the amount of persistent non-biodegradable plastics waste. This project has the potential to be a leader in producing multilayer co-ex films made of biodegradable cornstarch thermoplastic (TPS) hybrid materials and biodegradable filaments for 3-D printing through green innovation. At the end of the project, researchers plan to demonstrate the following capabilities: biodegradable multi-layer films produced by novel processes, new biodegradable filaments for 3-D printing, and 3-D prototype products made of the new biodegradable materials. There has been a recent global interest in replacing petroleum-based synthetic polymers with biodegradable hybrid materials to use renewable resources and potentially reduce the amount of persistent non-biodegradable plastics waste. If successful, the outcomes of this project would result in a new biodegradable multi-layer film. Additionally through this project researchers plan to develop an educational model focused on green innovation to promote undergraduate research in the STEM fields.

该项目的主要目标是验证新开发的共挤吹膜工艺的概念，并为3D打印技术的长丝开发新材料，这可能有助于减少持久性不可生物降解塑料废物的数量。该项目有潜力成为通过绿色创新生产由可生物降解玉米淀粉热塑性（TPS）混合材料和可生物降解长丝制成的用于3D打印的多层共挤出膜的领导者。在项目结束时，研究人员计划展示以下功能：通过新工艺生产的可生物降解多层薄膜，用于3D打印的新型可生物降解长丝，以及由新型可生物降解材料制成的3D原型产品。最近，全球对用可生物降解的混合材料取代石油基合成聚合物产生了兴趣，以利用可再生资源并潜在地减少持久性不可生物降解的塑料废物的量。如果成功，该项目的成果将产生一种新的可生物降解的多层薄膜。此外，通过这个项目，研究人员计划开发一种专注于绿色创新的教育模式，以促进STEM领域的本科生研究。