A review on carboxylic acid cross‐linked polyvinyl alcohol: properties and applications

L Gautam, SG Warkar, SI Ahmad… - Polymer engineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is a nontoxic, biodegradable, and biocompatible polymer and has
been used extensively in various fields. Indeed, important features of PVA such as its film …

A brief review of poly (vinyl alcohol)-based anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells

AM Samsudin, M Bodner, V Hacker - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Anion exchange membrane fuel cells have unique advantages and are thus gaining
increasing attention. Poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) is one of the potential polymers for the …

Chemically and thermally crosslinked PVA-based membranes: effect on swelling and transport behavior

E Rynkowska, K Fatyeyeva, S Marais, J Kujawa… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The novel poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA)-based membranes were prepared using the two-step
crosslinking approach: the chemical crosslinking of PVA using sulfosuccinic acid (SSA)(0 …

Membrane materials for the removal of water from industrial solvents by pervaporation and vapor permeation

LM Vane - Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solvents are widely used in a variety of industrial sectors. Reclaiming and reusing
the solvents may be the most economically and environmentally beneficial option for …

Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for ethanol purification through pervaporation: Current state of the art

R Castro-Muñoz, F Galiano, V Fíla, E Drioli… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Over the last few decades, different polymers have been employed as materials in
membrane preparation for pervaporation (PV) application, which are currently used in the …

Gradient crosslinking optimization for the selective layer to prepare polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofiltration (NF) membrane: The enhanced filtration performance and …

H Zeng, F Sun, J Zhang, Y Wang, S Yang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) has been employed and crosslinked as the selective layer of NF
membranes with enhanced hydrophilicity. However, the influences of different crosslinking …

Separable Janus photothermal PPy@ PVA-PVDF/F-SiO2-PVDF bilayer membrane for low-cost, efficient and sustainable solar-driven membrane desalination in oil …

Z Chen, X Meng, C Qian, S Huang, X Chen - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven membrane distillation (SMD) with local heating of photothermal membranes
has shown great potential in the field of seawater desalination due to its low energy …

Ultrathin poly (vinyl alcohol)/MXene nanofilm composite membrane with facile intrusion-free construction for pervaporative separations

G Yang, Z Xie, AW Thornton, CM Doherty… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Molecular separations using synthetic membranes have been widely recognized as energy-
efficient processes relative to conventional separation technologies. Rational design of the …

Cross‐linked electrospun polyvinyl alcohol/sodium caseinate nanofibers for antibacterial applications

Ö Şendil, S Samatya Yilmaz… - Journal of Vinyl and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and sodium caseinate (SC) nanofibers were
produced by a single‐fluid electrospinning method from their blends. Afterward, the cross …

Controlled release of gentamicin from electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol)/gelatin nanofibers: the effect of crosslinking time using glutaraldehyde vapor

D Baykara, E Pilavci, S Cesur, E Ilhan, S Ulag… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), gelatin (GEL) and gentamicin (GEN) were used and
13PVA/0.5 GEL/GEN nanofibers were fabricated with the electrospinning method. These …