Green Polyvinyl Alcohol Interfacial crosslinking of green polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polycaprolactone (PCL) bilayer dielectric provides a barrier to moisture improves single walled carbon nanotube-based device performance. Benoit Lessard co-workers report functionalized PCL which crosslinks with the hydroxy groups PVA layer through simple heat treatment, providing candidate material for high p...

OBJECTIVES Priapism is a persistent erection of the penis not associated with sexual stimulation. High-flow priapism is caused by unregulated arterial inflow, usually preceded by perineal or penile blunt trauma and formation of an arterial-lacunar fistula. We present a case of high-flow priapism in a 13-year-old patient managed with polyvinyl alcohol particles. METHODS After obtaining informe...

We appreciated the research by Derdeyn et al (1) from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology concerning the size and suspension characteristics of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) particles. We do agree that both size and suspension characteristics of PVA represent relevant parameters affecting the aggregation of particles during injection. In addition to these two variables, we considered further para...

in this investigation, we report facile synthesis of cadmium(ii)-thioacetamide nanocomposites in the presence and absence of polyvinyl alcohol under ultrasonic irradiations, using cadmium acetate dihydrate (cd(ch3coo)2.2h2o), potassium iodide (ki), thioacetamide (taa, ch3csnh2), and polyvinyl alcohol (pva) as the starting materials. results show that in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol size...

Thermoplastic starch (TPS) materials present several advantages to the plastic industry andwhen blended with other materials they can exhibit improved mechanical and moisturesensitivity properties compared to pure TPS materials. Further investigations on TPS: PVAblends are of particular interest due to their excellent compatibility and improved properties suchas tensile strength, elongation, to...

Nano-fibrillated cellulose was produced from flax and wheat straw cellulose pulps by high pressure disintegration. The reinforcing potential of both disintegrated nano-celluloses in a polyvinyl-alcohol matrix was evaluated. Disintegration of wheat straw was significantly more time and energy consuming. Disintegration did not lead to distinct changes in the degree of polymerization; however, the...

BACKGROUND Adhesions follow abdominal surgery with an incidence as high as 95%, resulting in invalidating complications such as bowel obstruction, female infertility, and chronic pain. Searches have been performed for a safe and effective adhesion barrier; however, such barriers have impaired anastomotic site healing. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a new adhesion...