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Yang Wang1, Chennong Xiang1, Ting Li1
1The Key Laboratory of Food Colloids and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, China.
Abstract:
In this article, PVA composites with outstanding thermal stability, UV shielding, and high transparency were fabricated on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine (esculetin). Characterization data have suggested in which the resulting PVA/esculetin (ESC) composites display excellent thermal stability compared to pure PVA and most of the PVA nanocomposites. The pyrolysis mechanism of PVA before and after modification with esculetin varies from chain unzipping degradation followed by chain random scission. The DPPH scavenging activity and FTIR measurements have illustrated that esculetin can scavenge reactive radicals, which leads to improvements in thermal stability and a change in the pyrolysis mechanism of PVA. More importantly, the resulting composites can almost completely block the whole UV region (200-400 nm) without any deterioration of the high transparency of the composites. Therefore, the composites can convert harmful UV light into blue light effectively, which is beneficial for their application as optical materials and devices.
