Adhesion of poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels by the electrophoretic manipulation of phenylboronic acid copolymers

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (33) ◽  
pp. 6740-6745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taka-Aki Asoh ◽  
Kohtaroh Takaishi ◽  
Akihiko Kikuchi

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels adhered to each other following the electrophoretic manipulation of water-soluble intermediate phenylboronic acid copolymers at the interface of the PVA hydrogels.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aranee Pleng Teepakakorn ◽  
Makoto Ogawa

Water-induced self-healing materials were prepared by the hybridization of a water-soluble polymer, poly(vinyl alcohol), with a smectite clay by mixing in an aqueous media and subsequent casting. Without using chemical...


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Vidya ◽  
Subin S. Raghul ◽  
Sarita G Bhat ◽  
Eby Thomas Thachil

The main objective of this study was to enhance the rate of UV and biodegradation of polyethylene by incorporating biodegradable materials and prooxidants. Prooxidants such as transition metal complexes are capable of initiating photooxidation and polymer chain cleavage, rendering the product more susceptible to biodegradation. In this work, the effect of (1) a metallic photoinitiator, cobalt stearate, and (2) different combinations of cobalt stearate and vegetable oil on the photooxidative degradation of linear low-density poly(ethylene)-poly(vinyl alcohol) (LLDPE/PVA) blend films has been investigated. For this, film-grade LLDPE was blended with different proportions of PVA. PVA is widely used in the industrial field, and recently it has attracted increasing attention as a water-soluble biodegradable polymer. Cobalt stearate and vegetable oil were added to the blends as prooxidants. The blends were prepared by melt mixing in a Thermo HAAKE Polylab system. Thin films containing these additives were prepared by a subsequent compression moulding process. The effect of UV exposure on LLDPE/PVA films in the presence as well as absence of these additives was investigated. Tensile properties, FTIR spectra, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were employed to investigate the degradation behaviour. It was found


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kentaro Yoshida ◽  
Akane Yamaguchi ◽  
Hiroki Midorikawa ◽  
Toshio Kamijo ◽  
Tetsuya Ono ◽  
...  

Phenylboronic acid-bearing polyamidoamine dendrimer (PBA-PAMAM)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) multilayer films were prepared through the layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition of PBA-PAMAM solution and PVA solution. PBA-PAMAM/PVA films were constructed successfully through the formation of boronate ester bonds between the boronic acid moiety in PBA and 1,3-diol units in PVA. When the (PBA-PAMAM/PVA)5 films were immersed in rose bengal (RB) solution, RB was adsorbed onto the LbL films. The amount of RB adsorbed was higher in the LbL films immersed in acidic solution than in basic solution. The release of RB from the LbL films was also promoted in the basic solution, while it was suppressed in the acidic solution. The boronic acid ester is oxidized to phenol by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the carbon-boron bond is cleaved, so that the (PBA-PAMAM/PVA)5 films can be decomposed by immersion in H2O2 solution. Therefore, when RB-adsorbed (PBA-PAMAM/PVA)5 films were immersed in H2O2 solution, the release of RB was moderately promoted when the solution was weakly acidic.


2021 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 117747
Author(s):  
Julien Muller ◽  
Xianyu Ding ◽  
Amine Geneste ◽  
Jerzy Zajac ◽  
Benedicte Prelot ◽  
...  

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