Physico-Chemical, Mechanical and Morphological Properties of Biodegradable Films Based on Arrowroot Starch and Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Author(s):  
José Augusto de Almeida Nascimento ◽  
Amanda Félix dos Santos ◽  
Ivo Diego Lima Silva ◽  
Eduardo Henrique Lago Falcão ◽  
Douglas de Britto ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 743-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Marinovic-Cincovic ◽  
Aleksandra Radosavljevic ◽  
Jelena Krstic ◽  
Jelena Spasojevic ◽  
Natasa Bibic ◽  
...  

Magnetic field sensitive gels, ferrogels are new promising class of hydrogels. The coupling of hydrogels and magnetic particles has potential application in soft actuators such as artificial muscles or for hyperthermia application. Here a composite of magnetite particles (Fe3O4) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel is developed using gamma irradiation as a crosslinking agent. PVA and Fe3O4 were chosen because of their well-established biocompatibility, radiation crosslinking potential (PVA), mild magnetic properties and the Curie point near desired heating temperature range (Fe3O4). Physico-chemical characteristics of these systems show the effect of the presence of particles in the process of radiation-induced crosslinking. Obtained PVA/Fe3O4 ferrogel composite has greater swelling capacity, activation energy of dehydration and dehydration rate compared to PVA hydrogel, crosslinked under the same conditions.


1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Arvanitoyannis ◽  
Ioannis Kolokuris ◽  
Atsuyoshi Nakayama ◽  
Noboru Yamamoto ◽  
Sei-ichi Aiba

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 100370
Author(s):  
Shivayogi S. Narasagoudr ◽  
Veena G. Hegde ◽  
Vinayak N. Vanjeri ◽  
Ravindra B. Chougale ◽  
Saraswati P. Masti

2011 ◽  
Vol 380 ◽  
pp. 234-237
Author(s):  
Yu Bin Lv ◽  
Quan Xiao Liu ◽  
Wen Cai Xu ◽  
Jin Li Li

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is a kind of biodegradable film material, and its degradation process is mainly done through PVA-degrading enzymes, but the film biodegradation cycle is longer, so it needs other polymers with favorable biodegradability to improve the degradation rate in the nature environment. In this paper the biodegradation mechanism of PVA films and the influence of structural feature on biodegradability were described. The research development of starch-based biodegradable PVA films by blending starch to reduce the biodegradation cycle was emphasized and the biodegradable films modified by chitosan to improve film properties was briefly described.


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