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MATERIALS
Volume 15, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma15072439
Keywords
poly(vinyl acetate); poly(vinyl alcohol); poly(methyl methacrylate); solution casting; saponified film
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education, Korea [NRF-2020R1I1A3075002]
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In this study, PVA/P(MMA-MAA) blend films were prepared for the first time using the saponification method in a heterogeneous medium. The conversion of PVAc/PMMA into PVA/P(MMA-MAA) films was confirmed by analyzing surface morphology and characteristics, as well as the improvement in thermal properties. The results suggest that blend films based on the hydrophilic/hydrophobic strategy have potential as promising medical materials.
For the first time, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/poly(methyl methacrylate-methallyl alcohol) (P(MMA-MAA)) (9:1, 7:3, 5:5) blend films were made simultaneously using the saponification method in a heterogeneous medium from poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) (9:1, 7:3, 5:5) blend films, respectively. The surface morphology and characteristics of the films were investigated using optical microscopy (OM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Moreover, the effect of the PVAc content on the degree of saponification (DS) of the PVAc/PMMA films were evaluated and revealed that the obtained DS value increased with the increase in PVAc content in the PVAc/PMMA blend films. According to the OM results, the saponified films demonstrated increased surface roughness compared with the unsaponified films. The AFM images revealed morphological variation among the saponified PVAc/PMMA blend films with different mass ratios of 9:1, 7:3, and 5:5. According to the DSC and TGA results, all blend film types exhibited higher thermal property after the saponification treatment. The XRD and FTIR results confirmed the conversion of the PVAc/PMMA into PVA/P(MMA-MAA) films. Thus, our present work may give a new idea for making blend film as promising medical material with significant surface properties based on hydrophilic/hydrophobic strategy.
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