Physical stabilisation of electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibres: comparative study on methanol and heat-based crosslinking
- Submitting institution
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University of Portsmouth
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 26285843
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1007/s10853-014-8759-1
- Title of journal
- Journal of Materials Science
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- First page
- 1943
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0022-2461
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper presents the most effective and optimised conditions for the stabilisation of physically cross-linked (methanol and heat-based crosslinking) polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) electrospun nanofibers in water. The water stability of PVA nanofibers is essential for wound dressing and other bio-medical applications. The results and findings of this work on PVA nanofibers water stability have influenced other studies across various research fields (Vashisth and Pruthi, Mat. Sci. Eng-C, 67, 304-312 (2016) for tissue engineering; Moydeen et al., Biological Macromolecules, 116, 1250-1259 (2018) for drug delivery; Zizhou et al., Ind. Textiles, 50 (6), 773-793 (2019) for fuel cells etc.).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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