DuPont develops fermentation-based process to create Sorona polymer fiber
DuPont scientists have recently utilized corn -- instead of conventional petroleum-based processes -- to produce the company's latest polymer platform for use in clothing, carpets and automobile interiors.
DuPont, with joint development partner Genencor International, developed a bio-based method that
uses renewable resources instead of typical petrochemicals. Through
metabolic engineering of biochemical pathways, a microorganism was engineered
to use sugars from corn and corn biomass in a fermentation-based process.