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Poly(vinyl alcohol)‐ g ‐lactic acid copolymers and films with silver nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Tudorachi Nita,
Lipsa Rodica
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.34241
Subject(s) - vinyl alcohol , copolymer , plasticizer , polymer chemistry , materials science , gel permeation chromatography , aqueous solution , condensation polymer , lactic acid , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , polymer , glycerol , nanoparticle , nuclear chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , chemistry , biology , bacteria , engineering , composite material , genetics , nanotechnology
Abstract Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), a well‐known synthetic biodegradable, biocompatible, and hydrophilic polymer is susceptible to several structural modifications, due to the presence of hydroxyl groups in its backbone. PVA was grafted with L (+)‐lactic acid (LA) in molar ratios VA/LA (1/1, 1.5/1, and 2.2/1), manganese acetate as catalyst, by solution polycondensation procedure, resulting the poly(vinyl alcohol)‐ g ‐lactic acid copolymers. Aqueous solutions of copolymers with glycerol as plasticizer, silver nanoparticles (Ag o ), and sodium tetraborate as crosslinking agent were used for films casting. The copolymers were characterized by FTIR and 1 H RMN spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, thermal analyses (DTG and DSC), silver particles size, while films were characterized by mechanical properties and mechanodynamic analyses. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011