Aramid nanofibers and poly (vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites for ideal combination of strength and toughness via hydrogen bonding interactions

Y Guan, W Li, Y Zhang, Z Shi, J Tan, F Wang… - Composites Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
It remains challengeable for fabricating polymer nanocomposites with combined high
strength and toughness. Inspired by spider silk with multiscale hierarchical architectures, we …

Basil seed mucilage as a new source for electrospinning: Production and physicochemical characterization

F Kurd, M Fathi, H Shekarchizadeh - International journal of biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study nanofibers were prepared via the electrospinning technique by basil seed
mucilage (BSM) as a new source of hydrocolloid. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was used as an …

Effect of deacetylation on property of electrospun chitosan/PVA nanofibrous membrane and removal of methyl orange, Fe (III) and Cr (VI) ions

U Habiba, TA Siddique, S Talebian, JJL Lee… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, effect of degree of deacetylation on property and adsorption capacity of
chitosan/polyvinyl Alcohol electrospun membrane has been investigated. Resulting …

Designing, modeling and manufacturing of lightweight carbon nanotubes/polymer composite nanofibers for electromagnetic interference shielding application

K Nasouri, AM Shoushtari - Composites Science and Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Lightweight conductive multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)
composite nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning process with an aim to investigate …

Aluminum oxide nanoparticles as saturable absorber for C-band passively Q-switched fiber laser

SKM Al-Hayali, DZ Mohammed, WA Khaleel… - Applied …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report on aluminum oxide nanoparticles (Al_2O_3 NPs) as a saturable absorber (SA) for
passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) operating at a wavelength of 1560.6 …

Effect of degree of deacetylation of chitosan on adsorption capacity and reusability of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/TiO2 nano composite

U Habiba, TC Joo, TA Siddique, A Salleh… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/TiO 2 composite was synthesized. Two different degrees of
deacetylation of chitosan were prepared by hydrolysis to compare the effectiveness of them …

Antibacterial electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol)/enzymatic synthesized poly (catechol) nanofibrous midlayer membrane for ultrafiltration

D Coelho, A Sampaio, CJSM Silva… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Two different nanofibrous antibacterial membranes containing enzymatically synthesized
poly (catechol)(PC) or silver nitrate (AgNO3, positive control) blended with poly (vinyl …

Dielectric relaxation and electric modulus of polyvinyl alcohol–Zinc oxide composite films

S More, R Dhokne, S Moharil - Materials Research Express, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A systematic study of AC electrical properties and dielectric relaxation of polyvinyl alcohol
(PVA)-zinc oxide (ZnO) composite films has been presented in the frequency range 1 Hz …

Silver-embedded starch-based nanofibrous mats for soft tissue engineering

P Wadke, R Chhabra, R Jain, P Dandekar - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2017 - Elsevier
Current therapies for tissue malfunctioning or tissue loss have limitations in restoring the
physiological functions and structural features of the damaged tissue in vivo. Circumventing …

SiO2 Fibers by Centrifugal Spinning with Excellent Textural Properties and Water Adsorption Performance

L Hromádko, E Koudelková, R Bulánek, JM Macak - ACS omega, 2017 - ACS Publications
Facile and innovative route for large-scale synthesis of SiO2 fibers with excellent textural
properties and H2O adsorption performance is presented. At first, a three-dimensional …