Biodegradation of poly(vinyl alcohol) based materials

By E. Chiellini, A. Corti, S. D'Antone, R. Solaro. 2003

851 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Pollution, Polymers and Plastics

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In Biomaterials

1. M. Bercea
2. C. Jérôme
3. Yu Dong
4. S. Morariu
5. B. Tan
6. S. Poh
7. S. Barbhuiya
8. Mirela Teodorescu

In Pollution

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In Polymers and Plastics

1. M. Bercea
2. C. Jérôme
3. Yu Dong
4. S. Morariu
5. Shengyu Chao
6. Zhou Li
7. Yubo Fan
8. Ouyang Han

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• Biomaterials of Poly(vinyl alcohol) and Natural Polymers (2018, background): “However, there are some works reporting that some bacteria, fungi and yeasts use PVA as their only source of carbon, thus biodegrading it.(29) Respirometric mineralization tests, iodometric analysis coupled with molecular weight evaluation have shown that PVA is”
• Polymer biodegradation: mechanisms and estimation techniques. (2008, background): “Two types of oxidases are well studied: one type catalyses hydroxylation reactions and the other one is involved in oxidation reactions (Chiellini et al., 2003, 2006; Pelmont, 2005).”
• Triboelectric nanogenerator based on degradable materials (2020, background): “Polyvinyl alcohol film has good mechanical properties, biodegradability, biocompatibility, but poor thermal stability.(70,71) The PCL generally has a larger overall molecular weight and relatively slow biodegradation compared with among other polymer materials.”
• Crosslinking of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) and Effect of Crosslinker Shape (Aliphatic and Aromatic) Thereof (2018, background): “9a, b) suggests degradation in soil environment [17].”
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• Starch-based completely biodegradable polymer materials (2009, background): “PVA is a synthetic water-soluble and biodegradable polymer [36].”
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