ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BIOPOLYMER ADHESIVES AND APPLICATIONS BASED THEREON

摘要

Environmentally friendly biopolymer adhesives are described, wherein theadhesives comprise biopolymer particles, more preferably starchmicroparticles, and most preferably starch nanoparticles, and their aqueousdispersions. Applications for the biopolymer particle adhesives are described,that are environmentally friendly alternatives to petroleum based syntheticadhesives. The biopolymer particle adhesives provide are biodegradable as wellas repulpable, and thus provide bio-based recycling-friendly alternatives tosynthetic adhesives derived from petroleum resources.