ABSTRACT:
Nanofibrous membrane (NFM) of PVDF blended with Al doped nanoZnO was successfully fabricated through electro spinning process. In the present study, the Al doped nanoZnO was synthesized through Sol-gel (SG) route utilizing starch as a stabilizing agent and analyzed by x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDAX) analysis. Then Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) was utilized to characterize the membrane, and it was found that a stabilized morphology with a size of 300 to 400 nm. Hydrophobic PVDF membrane with a contact angle (CA) 124.700 was prepared by electrospinning of nanoZnO blended PVDF. The CA investigational outcomes of PVDF-ZnO blended membranes demonstrated an enhancement of hydrophilicity with nano ZnO.
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S. Gayathri, K. M. Govindaraju. Fabrication and Characterization of Al/ZnO blended Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane via Electrospun Method. Research J. Pharm. and Tech 2019; 12(2):787-790. doi: 10.5958/0974-360X.2019.00137.9
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S. Gayathri, K. M. Govindaraju. Fabrication and Characterization of Al/ZnO blended Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane via Electrospun Method. Research J. Pharm. and Tech 2019; 12(2):787-790. doi: 10.5958/0974-360X.2019.00137.9 Available on: https://www.rjptonline.org/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2019-12-2-56