Improving the Compatibility of Zein/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Blends by Gamma Irradiation and Graft Copolymerization of Acrylic Acid

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 4470-4476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdy M. Senna ◽  
Stephane Salmieri ◽  
Abdel-Wahab El-naggar ◽  
Agnes Safrany ◽  
Monique Lacroix
Keyword(s):  
Acrylic Acid ◽  
Gamma Irradiation ◽  
Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Graft Copolymerization ◽  
Poly Vinyl Alcohol

Synthesis, characterization, and their some chemical and biological properties of PVA/PAA/nPS hydrogel nanocomposites: Hydrogel and wound dressing

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-215
Author(s):  
Mehmet Emin Diken ◽  
Berna Koçer Kizilduman ◽  
Begümhan Yilmaz Kardaş ◽  
Enes Emre Doğan ◽  
Mehmet Doğan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Acrylic Acid ◽  
Infrared Spectra ◽  
Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared ◽  
Poly Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Seed Particles ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra ◽  
Hydrogel Nanocomposites ◽  
Poly Acrylic Acid

The nanocomposite hydrogels were prepared by dispersing of the nanopomegranate seed particles into poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(acrylic acid) blend matrix in an aqueous medium by the solvent casting method. These hydrogels were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectra, differential scanning calorimetry, and optical contact angle instruments. The nanopomegranate seed, blend, and hydrogel nanocomposites were tested for microbial activity. In addition, cytocompatibilities of these blend and hydrogel nanocomposites/composites were tested on human lymphocyte with in vitro MTS cell viability assays. Fourier transform infrared spectra revealed that esterification reaction took place among functional groups in the structure of poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(acrylic acid). The hydrophilic properties of all hydrogels decreased with increasing nanopomegranate seed content. The mean diameters of the nanopomegranate seed particles were about 88 nm. Nanopomegranate seed particles demonstrated antibacterial properties against gram-positive bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, and gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli. The lymphocyte viabilities increased after addition of nanopomegranate seeds into the polymer blend. The swelling behavior of blend and hydrogels was dependent on the cross-linking density created by the reaction between poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(acrylic acid) blend and nanopomegranate seed. Scanning electron microscopy images were highly consistent with Fourier transform infrared spectra, differential scanning calorimetry, and antibacterial activity results.

scholarly journals Multifunctional Coatings for Robotic Implanted Device

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 5126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caterina Cristallini ◽  
Serena Danti ◽  
Bahareh Azimi ◽  
Veronika Tempesti ◽  
Claudio Ricci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acrylic Acid ◽  
Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Titanium Substrate ◽  
Repair Process ◽  
Chemical Imaging ◽  
In Vitro Cytotoxicity ◽  
Poly Vinyl Alcohol

The objective of this study was the preparation and physico-chemical, mechanical, biological, and functional characterization of a multifunctional coating for an innovative, fully implantable device. The multifunctional coating was designed to have three fundamental properties: adhesion to device, close mechanical resemblance to human soft tissues, and control of the inflammatory response and tissue repair process. This aim was fulfilled by preparing a multilayered coating based on three components: a hydrophilic primer to allow device adhesion, a poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel layer to provide good mechanical compliance with the human tissue, and a layer of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) fibers. The use of biopolymer fibers offered the potential for a long-term interface able to modulate the release of an anti-inflammatory drug (dexamethasone), thus contrasting acute and chronic inflammation response following device implantation. Two copolymers, poly(vinyl acetate-acrylic acid) and poly(vinyl alcohol-acrylic acid), were synthetized and characterized using thermal analysis (DSC, TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR chemical imaging), in vitro cell viability, and an adhesion test. The resulting hydrogels were biocompatible, biostable, mechanically compatible with soft tissues, and able to incorporate and release the drug. Finally, the multifunctional coating showed a good adhesion to titanium substrate, no in vitro cytotoxicity, and a prolonged and controlled drug release.

Novel pH-Sensitive Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Based Polyampholyte as Pervaporation Membrane

2016 ◽  
Vol 852 ◽  
pp. 979-983
Author(s):  
Ping Rui Meng ◽  
Liang Bo Li
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Water Resistance ◽  
Graft Copolymerization ◽  
Sodium Acrylate ◽  
Poly Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Permeate Flux ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Ethanol Aqueous Solution ◽  
Poly Acrylamide

Sodium acrylate (NaAA) and acrylamide (AM) were grafted onto poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) using potassium persulfate as an initiator, Graft copolymerization namely poly (vinyl alcohol)-g-poly (acrylamide/sodium acrylate) (PVA-g-PAM/SAC). The poly (vinyl alcohol)-g-poly (vinylamine/sodium acrylate) (PVAMC) was prepraed by Hofmann rearrangement.The PVAMC homogeneous membrane was characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM).The water resistance of the PVAMC membranes is the best when pH of the PVAMC solutions was 4, at that time the numbers of-NH3+ and-COO- groups trended to be equal, so the isoelectric point was pH=4. At 90 °C the pervaporation of PVAMC composite membrane was tested and showed that the separation factor and the permeate flux were about 1001 and 1341 g/(m2·h) for 90wt% ethanol aqueous solution, and they were about 1297 and 1040 g/(m2·h) for 90wt% isopropanol aqueous solution.

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