POLYURETHANE FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

Abstract: fibers including a polyurethane or a protein polyurethane alloy. the fibers include a core defined by the polyurethane or the protein polyurethane alloy. the fibers including a protein polyurethane alloy include a protein dissolved within a polyurethane. in some embodiments, the fibers can be made by wet spinning a blended mixture of the polyurethane or protein polyurethane alloy and an organic solvent. in alternative embodiments, the fibers can be made by wet spinning a blended mixture of the polyurethane or protein polyurethane alloy and an aqueous polyethylene oxide solution.

Inventor(s): Shaobo CAI, Cherese CORBETT, Varna SHARMA, Alexander Iain NORMAN, Dale L. HANDLIN, Jr., David WILLIAMSON

CPC Classification: D01F8/02 (CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS)

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