scholarly journals In situ alignment of graphene nanoplatelets in poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite fibers with controlled stepwise interfacial exfoliation

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 2510-2517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiheng Xu ◽  
Sayli Jambhulkar ◽  
Rahul Verma ◽  
Rahul Franklin ◽  
Dharneedar Ravichandran ◽  
...  

Exfoliated and aligned continuous graphene nanoplatelet channels with enhanced mechanical properties and superior electrical conductivity.

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (55) ◽  
pp. 49448-49458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaojiao Ma ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Xiande Yin ◽  
Yu Xu ◽  
Jia Yue ◽  
...  

A novel and one-stepin situpolymerization method for preparing the poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposites.


2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1010-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Jalal Uddin ◽  
Jun Araki ◽  
Masahiro Fujie ◽  
Shinichiro Sembo ◽  
Yasuo Gotoh

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (24) ◽  
pp. 20166-20172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenxu Li ◽  
Duo Wang ◽  
Wen Yang ◽  
Ying Song

In this paper, hydroxyapatite (HA) was deposited on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) molecular chains by an in situ synthetic method.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 691
Author(s):  
O. Sánchez-Aguinagalde ◽  
Ainhoa Lejardi ◽  
Emilio Meaurio ◽  
Rebeca Hernández ◽  
Carmen Mijangos ◽  
...  

Chitosan (CS) and poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels, a polymeric system that shows a broad potential in biomedical applications, were developed. Despite the advantages they present, their mechanical properties are insufficient to support the loads that appear on the body. Thus, it was proposed to reinforce these gels with inorganic glass particles (BG) in order to improve mechanical properties and bioactivity and to see how this reinforcement affects levofloxacin drug release kinetics. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), swelling tests, rheology and drug release studies characterized the resulting hydrogels. The experimental results verified the bioactivity of these gels, showed an improvement of the mechanical properties and proved that the added bioactive glass does affect the release kinetics.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 2104
Author(s):  
Sibusiso Alven ◽  
Blessing Atim Aderibigbe

The management of chronic wounds is challenging. The factors that impede wound healing include malnutrition, diseases (such as diabetes, cancer), and bacterial infection. Most of the presently utilized wound dressing materials suffer from severe limitations, including poor antibacterial and mechanical properties. Wound dressings formulated from the combination of biopolymers and synthetic polymers (i.e., poly (vinyl alcohol) or poly (ε-caprolactone) display interesting properties, including good biocompatibility, improved biodegradation, good mechanical properties and antimicrobial effects, promote tissue regeneration, etc. Formulation of these wound dressings via electrospinning technique is cost-effective, useful for uniform and continuous nanofibers with controllable pore structure, high porosity, excellent swelling capacity, good gaseous exchange, excellent cellular adhesion, and show a good capability to provide moisture and warmth environment for the accelerated wound healing process. Based on the above-mentioned outstanding properties of nanofibers and the unique properties of hybrid wound dressings prepared from poly (vinyl alcohol) and poly (ε-caprolactone), this review reports the in vitro and in vivo outcomes of the reported hybrid nanofibers.


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