HYDROPHOBIN AS A COATING AGENT FOR EXPANDABLE OR EXPANDED THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER PARTICLES

摘要

The invention relates to expandable or expanded thermoplastic polymer particles provided with a coating containing hydrophobin, especially proteins of general structural formula (I): Xn-C1-X1-50-C2-X0-5-C3-X1-100-C4-X1-100-C5-X1-50-C6-X0-5-C7-X1-50-C8-Xm wherein X represents each of the 20 naturally occurring amino acids, n and m represent numbers between 0 and 500, and C represents cysteine. The invention also relates to the use of said particles as an antistatic agent. ® KIPO & WIPO 2008