BACKGROUND The study investigated the use of combined photodynamic therapy (PDT) and stent placement for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (CC). For this purpose, 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) was incorporated into poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofiber, and coated onto metal stents. Their efficacy was assessed in PDT towards HuCC-T1 CC cells. METHODS Fabrication of ALA-PVA nanofiber, and simult...

Electrospinning technique is able to create nanofibers with specific orientation. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) have good mechanical stability but poor cell adhesion property due to the low affinity of protein. In this paper, extracellular matrix, gelatin is incorporated into PVA solution to form electrospun PVA-gelatin nanofibers membrane. Both randomly oriented and aligned nanofibers are used to ...

Shearing of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) dispersions result in the formation of self-assembled oriented PVA/SWNT fibers or ribbons, while PVA solution results in the formation of unoriented fibers. Diameter/width and length of these self-assembled fibers was 5–45 mm and 0.5–3 mm, respectively. High-resolution transmission electron micrographs showed well resolved...

Thin film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membranes supported by polymeric have suffered from limited mechanical properties and chemical cleaning stability, resulting in an increasing operation cost. Strengthening the support of TFC is expected to provide great stability for membranes. This work provided a membrane constructed on poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) incorporated carbon nanotube film,...

Our previous research showed that poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanoparticles incorporating DNA with hydrogen bonds obtained by high hydrostatic pressurization are able to deliver DNA without any significant cytotoxicity. To enhance transfection efficiency of PVA/DNA nanoparticles, we describe a novel method to prepare PVA/DNA nanoparticles encapsulating nanoscaled hydroxyapatites (HAps) prepared b...

The polarimetric vector is a more general descriptor of light than intensity information alone, and it contains physical information about the imaged objects in a scene that traditional intensity based sensors ignore. Polarimeters – devices that measure polarization – are used to extract physical features from an image such as specularities, occluding contours, and material properties. Scientis...

Herein we report the Fe3O4-oleate (Fe-OA) nanoparticles (NPs) incorporated poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA), a series of highly flexible nanocomposites (Fe-OA-PVA) were prepared by solution casting technique. The fabricated with different weights per cent (0.25 wt. %, 0.5wt. and 0.75wt. 1wt. 2wt. respectively) Fe3O4-OA into PVA matrix. synthesized characterized using FTIR, UV–Vis, XRD, Contact angle,...

Polymer composites are among the most rapidly growing research fields in material science. Polymer composites are adding a great deal of material that is more durable and useful as compared to the conventional material. Properties of composite materials greatly depend on the nature, proportion and compatibility of the components of the composite materials. In this paper we have conducted an ana...

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with hydrophilic poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) separators showed higher Coulombic efficiencies (94%) and power densities (1220 mW m(-2)) than cells with porous glass fiber separators or reactors without a separator after 32 days of operation. These remarkable increases in both the coublomic efficiency and the power production of the microbial fuel cells were made possibl...