Due to their susceptibility to bacterial biofilm formation, commercial tubes for medical use are one of the main sources of hospital infections with Acinetobacter baumannii. The anti-biofouling activity of novel composites against the clinical isolate of the multi-drug resistant A. baumannii is reported here. The composites were prepared by addition of micronised silver-exchanged natural zeolit...

5.1 Chapter Summary Bicomponent fibers, in the range of 100 nm to a few microns, of miscible poly(vinylchloride)/segmented polyurethane (PVC/Estane) and immiscible poly(vinyl chloride)/poly(vinylidienefluoride) (PVC/PVDF) were produced respectively by electrospinning two polymer solutions in a side-by-side approach. For each of the pairs investigated, PVC/Estane and PVC/PVDF, energy dispersive ...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is made by polymerizing vinyl chloride monomer and is a plastic that softens on heating. The addition of a small amount (<5%) of plasticizer produces a hard PVC, whereas the addition of 30 to 50% plasticizer results in a soft PVC. Soft PVC is used to make several products, including chemical shoes, cables, gloves, hoses, and film. The principal component of PVC hose is ...

Plasticizers for poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), including ortho- and tere-phthalates, trimellitates, citrates, various aliphatic dicarboxylates, are systematically studied with all-atom molecular simulation. Effects of plasticizer structure on its performance, as measured by performance metrics thermodynamic compatibility PVC, effectiveness reducing the material’s Young’s modulus, migration rate i...

The potentiometric response characteristics and analytical applications of a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)-free all-solid-state ion-selective electrode for chlorhexidine (CHX) are examined and compared to those of PVC-based solid-state electrode. The PVCfree electrode is prepared by direct incorporation of chlorhexidine-tetraphenyl borate (CHXTPB) as a sensing element into a commercial nail varnis...

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), an important thermoplastic polymer widely-used in various fields, requires the use of thermal stabilizers to enhance its stability during processing and practical applications because poor stability. Layered double hydroxides (LDHs), two-dimensional anionic layered versatile filler, are widely considered be one kind high-efficient environment-friendly PVC stabilizers...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is one of the world’s most widely produced polymers and it is used in a wide range of areas such as building, transport, packaging, electrical/electronic and healthcare. Manufacturing of PVC products is dependent on several additives, e.g. plasticizers, heat stabilizers and flame retardants. To reduce the migration of additives in PVC products the incorporation of a nan...

A flow-injection pulse amperometric method for determining tacrine, based on ion transfer across a plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane, was developed. A four-electrode potentiostat with ohmic drop compensation was used, while a flow-through cell incorporated the four electrodes and the membrane, which contained tetrabutylammonium tetraphenylborate. The influence of the applied poten...

The effect of the size of the molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) on the piezoelectric quartz crystal (PQC) sensor performance was investigated. Erythromycin imprinted polymers microspheres with different sizes were synthesized by precipitation polymerization. The size of the MIPs was characterized by using transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis. Being coated with a poly(vinyl chlori...

Ž . Ž . An ion-selective field effect transistor ISFET was applied as a potentiometric detector in liquid chromatography LC for the Ž determination of organic acids. The ISFET was prepared by coating the gate insulator of the encapsulated transistor with a poly vinyl . Ž . chloride PVC matrix membrane containing methyltridodecylammoniumchloride, which enables the detection of organic anions. Th...