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Ritu Gupta
Dr SS BHATNAGAR U.I.C.E.T.
PANJAB UNIVERSITY
Chandigarh, INDIA
rit_gupta@yahoo.com
R.K.Wanchoo
Dr SS BHATNAGAR U.I.C.E.T.
PANJAB UNIVERSITY
Chandigarh, INDIA
wanchoo@pu.ac.in
Abstract Biodegradable films of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)
and starch, 60-40 (wt%/ wt%) have been prepared by solution
casting method. Effect of different cross-linking agents, i.e.
glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde with different concentration
on the swelling behaviour, porosity and mesh size on these
PVA-starch biodegradable films has been studied. The
crosslinked films have also been characterised using SEM and
FTIR techniques.
Keywords- polyvinyl
formaldehyde , swelling.
I.
alcohol
glutaraldehyde
INTRODUCTION
PVA-STARCH HYDROGEL
PREPARATION
2.
3.
4.
V. CHARACTERISATION
A. FTIR
FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) is a useful
technique for identifying chemical structure of a substance. It
is based on the principle that the basic components of a
substance, i.e. chemical bonds, usually can be excited and
absorb infrared light at frequencies that are typical of the types
of the chemical bonds. The resulting IR absorption spectrum
represents a fingerprint of measured sample. This technique is
widely used to investigate the structural arrangement in
hydrogel by comparison with the starting materials.
B. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
SEM can be used to provide information about the sample's
surface topography, composition, and other properties such as
electrical conductivity. Magnification in SEM can be
controlled over a range of up to 6 orders of magnitude from
about 10 to 500,000 times. This is a powerful technique
widely used to capture the characteristic network structure in
hydrogels .
C.
Swelling Behaviour
Degree of S welling
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
10
15
20
25
30
35
Time (min)
Degree of Swelling
5
4
3
2
1
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Time (min)
VI. RESULTS
Degree of Swelling
Table 1-
0
0
0.2083
0.8581
0.1711
0.8587
0.0908
0.8501
10
20
30
40
50
60
Time (min)
Vol( ml)
0.6497
0.7164
0.2136
0.9504
0.3707
0.905
S
D
=4
t
2
So
l
4
Degree of Swelling
2
0
Table 2-
2
0
Vol( ml)
4
Degree of Swelling
First 60% of the data given in the graphs is taken and slope is
calculated by using above equation.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Glutaraldehyde-
Time (min)
Slope
0.2734
3.67*10-7
0.2503
2.17*10-7
0.1005
2.86*10-8
Formaldehyde-
2
0
Vol( ml)
Table 40
20
40
60
80
Time (min)
100
Vol( ml)
Slope
0.6338
2.02*10-7
0.2908
6.64*10-8
0.1792
1.24*10-8
VII.
CONCLUSION
1
2
3
30
60
1320
FormaldehydeTable 6Vol(ml)
1
2
3
50
75
90
VIII.
REFERENCES