A commercially available poly(vinyl butyral) (PVB) coating was modified using a combination of 1–10wt.% bis(trimethoxysilylethyl)benzene and dibutyltin dilaurate as the hydrolysis catalyst. Results of attenuated total reflectance (ATR)–FTIR analysis indicated the modification resulted in a hybrid coating material containing silicate moieties covalently bonded to the PVB polymer chains. Gravimet...

Tabrizi et al., 1996 synthesizes polymeric prodrugs of the diclofenac by attaching Diclofenac to poychloromethylstyrene, polyvinyl chloroacetate and polyethylene glycol through the hydrolyzable ester bonds, and assessed in vitro for usefulness as diclofenac prodrugs. These polymers were obsereved potentially useful as polymeric prodrugs but polyvinyl chloroacetate was found an appropriate carri...

Films of oriented bacteriorhodopsin have been formed in polyvinyl alcohol with excellent optical quality. Images with high contrast have been impressed and erased on these films. Second-harmonic microscopy has been used to read the image on a bacteriorhodopsin-polyvinyl alcohol film without erasure. The potential of these films for molecular information storage and computation is discussed.

Large-scale production of uniform and high-quality graphene is required for practical applications of graphene. The electrochemical exfoliation method is considered as a promising approach for the practical production of graphene. However, the relatively low production rate of graphene currently hinders its usage. Here, we demonstrate, for the first time, a rapid and high-yield approach to exfo...

The optical degradation of encapsulants from ultraviolet (UV) radiation has historically resulted in a significant loss performance throughout the life photovoltaic (PV) module. International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) test methods have recently been developed to screen for PV prone performance. present study was performed benchmark polymeric packaging materials relative IEC 62788-1-4 (c...

Colorful nanofibrous membranes have attracted much attention for their visual varieties and various functionalities. In this article, a colored solution electrospinning process was used to fabricate colorful hydrophobic poly(vinyl butyral) (PVB)/cationic dye nanofibrous membranes (NFMs) successfully. The color and morphology of these as-spun nanofibrous membranes have been analyzed by colorimet...