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Alginate/polyvinyl alcohol films for wound healing: Advantages and challenges.

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B - Applied biomaterials, 2022
The skin is the largest organ in the human body and its physical integrity must be maintained for body homeostasis and to prevent the entry of pathogenic microorganisms.
Matheus Morais Saraiva, M. D. S. Campelo, João Francisco Câmara Neto, A. B. N. Lima, George de Almeida Silva, A. T. F. D. F. Dias, N. Ricardo, D. Kaplan, M. E. Ribeiro   +8 more
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A colorimetric film based on polyvinyl alcohol/sodium carboxymethyl cellulose incorporated with red cabbage anthocyanin for monitoring pork freshness

, 2021
The purpose of the research was to prepare colorimetric films based on polyvinyl alcohol/sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (PVOH/CMC-Na, CPVH) doped with red cabbage anthocyanins (RCAs).
Danfei Liu, Cui Zijie, Mi Shang, Zhong Yunfei   +3 more
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Polyvinyl alcohol based-drug delivery systems for cancer treatment.

International journal of pharmaceutics, 2021
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is a biodegradable semicrystalline synthetic polymer that has been used for biomedical applications for several years. In the pharmaceutical area, PVA has been widely used to prepare solid dispersions to improve the solubility of ...
Gabriela Rivera-Hernández, M. Antunes-Ricardo, P. Martínez-Morales, M. L. Sánchez   +3 more
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A Review on Flame-Retardant Polyvinyl Alcohol: Additives and Technologies

Polymer Reviews, 2022
The output of bio-based polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) has been growing rapidly with a substantial increase of developments both in academic and industrial research areas in the past decade, which is due to its water solubility, plasticity, and degradability ...
Xingguo Wang, Yuchun Li, D. Meng, X. Gu, Jun Sun, Yuan Hu, S. Bourbigot, Sheng Zhang   +7 more
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Ag@MOF-loaded chitosan nanoparticle and polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate/chitosan bilayer dressing for wound healing applications.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021
In this paper, Ag-Metal-organic framework loaded chitosan nanoparticles (0.1%Ag@MOF/1.5%CSNPs) and polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate/chitosan (PACS) were used as the upper and lower layers to successfully prepare a bilayer composite dressing for wound ...
Meng Zhang, Guohui Wang, Dong Wang, Yuqi Zheng, Yanxin Li, Wenqiao Meng, Xin Zhang, Feifan Du, Shaoxiang Lee   +8 more
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Antibacterial polyvinyl alcohol/bacterial cellulose/nano-silver hydrogels that effectively promote wound healing.

Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 2021
The lack of antibacterial properties limits the application of bacterial cellulose hydrogels in wound dressings. To overcome this deficiency, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were introduced as antibacterial agents into a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/bacterial ...
Shen Song, Zhao Liu, Mohamed Aamer Abubaker, Ling Ding, Ji Zhang, Shengrong Yang, Zengjie Fan   +6 more
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Advances in sustainable food packaging applications of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol blend films.

Food Chemistry
Researchers are addressing environmental concerns related to petroleum-based plastic packaging by exploring biopolymers from natural sources, chemical synthesis, and microbial fermentation.
Wanli Zhang, Ajahar Khan, P. Ezati, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Mahmood Alizadeh Sani, N. Rathod, Gulden Goksen, J. Rhim   +7 more
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Preparation of the double cross-linking carbon dots-polyvinyl alcohol-carboxymethyl cellulose composite film for food active packaging application.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
This paper prepared a new kind of carbon dots-polyvinyl alcohol-carboxymethyl cellulose composite film with antibacterial properties. Carbon dots and citric acid were used as cross-linking agents, and polyvinyl alcohol and carboxymethyl cellulose were ...
Mingxuan Hou, Bihua Xia, Runyi Qu, Jialei Dong, Ting Li, Shibo Wang, Yang Wang, Weifu Dong   +7 more
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Structure-Property Relationship of Cellulose Nanocrystal-Polyvinyl Alcohol Thin Films for High Barrier Coating Applications.

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021
CO2 and O2 gas permeability are paramount concerns in food packaging. Here, the permeability of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) coatings was explored as it relates to varied CNC content.
M. Nuruddin, Reaz A. Chowdhury, Ryan Szeto, J. Howarter, K. Erk, Caroline R. Szczepanski, J. Youngblood   +6 more
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Stretchable and self-healing polyvinyl alcohol/cellulose nanofiber nanocomposite hydrogels for strain sensors with high sensitivity and linearity

, 2021
The development of wearable strain sensors with high sensitivity, linearity and self-healing property is highly demanded. Herein, a simple yet efficient solution compounding method is proposed for fabricating a cellulose nanofiber reinforced borax ...
Kaiwen Xu, Yufeng Wang, Bing Zhang, Chao Zhang, Tianxi Liu   +4 more
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