Patent ID: 8657946
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: C08K,C08L

Abstract:
1. A composition of matter comprising a polymeric material of photosynthetic origin having embedded therein particles of an inorganic material, wherein the polymeric material comprises unrefined particulate biomass having a particle size of at least 1 micrometer, wherein the particles of inorganic material have an average particle size in the range of from 40 micrometers to 50 nanometers, wherein the inorganic material is selected from clays, silicas, silica-aluminas, transition metal hydroxides, metal hydroxyl salts, zeolites, cationic layered materials, anionic clays, layered double hydroxides, smectite clays, saponites, sepiolites, and mixtures thereof, wherein the unrefined particulate biomass comprises lignocellulose.