Preparation and characterization of polysaccharides/PVA blend nanofibrous membranes by electrospinning method

C Santos, CJ Silva, Z Büttel, R Guimarães… - Carbohydrate …, 2014 - Elsevier
A series of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), PVA/chitosan (CS) and PVA/cyanobacterial extracellular
polymeric substances (EPS) blended nanofibrous membranes were produced by …

Hydrogen-Bonding Assembly of Rigid-Rod Poly(p-sulfophenylene terephthalamide) and Flexible-Chain Poly(vinyl alcohol) for Transparent, Strong, and Tough …

M Peng, G Xiao, X Tang, Y Zhou - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
Molecular composites comprising poly (p-sulfophenylene terephthalamide)(sPPTA), a
sulfonated polyaramid rigid-rod polyelectrolyte, and flexible-chain poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) …

Formation and characterization of polytetrafluoroethylene nanofiber membranes for vacuum membrane distillation

T Zhou, Y Yao, R Xiang, Y Wu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2014 - Elsevier
The polytetrafluoroethylene nanofiber membranes for membrane distillation were prepared
by sintering the precursor electrospun polytetrafluoroethylene/polyvinyl alcohol composite …

Adsorption of Ni (II) and Cd (II) from water by novel chelating sponge and the effect of alkali-earth metal ions on the adsorption

C Cheng, J Wang, X Yang, A Li, C Philippe - Journal of hazardous …, 2014 - Elsevier
Novel chelating sponge (PVA-MH) was prepared with polyvinyl alcohol by graft
polymerization and nucleophilic substitution. EA, SEM, FT-IR, 13 CNMR, and XPS analyses …

Preparation and characterization of poly (vinyl alcohol)/sodium alginate blended membrane for alkaline solid polymer electrolytes membrane

JM Yang, NC Wang, HC Chiu - Journal of membrane science, 2014 - Elsevier
Novel poly (vinyl alcohol)/sodium alginate membranes (PVASA) are prepared in this study.
The PVASA membranes are further treated by chemical crosslinking with glutaraldehyde as …

Delivery of multipurpose prevention drug combinations from electrospun nanofibers using composite microarchitectures

AK Blakney, EA Krogstad, YH Jiang… - International journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Electrospun drug-eluting fabrics have enormous potential for the delivery of
physicochemically diverse drugs in combination by controlling the underlying material …

Fabrication of electrospun poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)/poly (ε-caprolactone)/silica hybrid fibermats with and without calcium addition

Y Ding, JA Roether, AR Boccaccini… - European polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB)/poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL)/silica hybrid scaffolds
with and without calcium were fabricated through the combination of electrospinning and sol …

Improvement of proton conductivity in nanocomposite polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/chitosan (CS) blend membranes

PB Palani, KS Abidin, R Kannan, M Sivakumar… - RSC …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The composite membranes are prepared with poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA), chitosan (CS) and
montmorillonite (MMT) using a solution casting technique where the chemical composition …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and property of polyvinyl alcohol/precipitated silica composite hydrogels for microorganism immobilization

Y Zhang, L Ye - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel filled with precipitated silica (PSi) was prepared by
chemical crosslinking in the saturated boric acid solution. The structure and property of the …

Effect of viscosity of polyvinyl alcohol solution on morphology of the electrospun mullite nanofibres

MMA Zadeh, M Keyanpour-Rad, T Ebadzadeh - Ceramics International, 2014 - Elsevier
Mullite nanofibres with diameters of 85–110 nm were obtained by electrospinning of
solutions containing different amounts of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA, as the template) ranging …