Synthesis and characterization of an innovative sodium alginate/polyvinyl alcohol bioartificial hydrogel for forward-osmosis desalination

Abstract Recently, hydrogels have been widely applied as draw agents in forward osmosis (FO) desalination. This work aims to synthesize bioartificial hydrogel from a blend of sodium alginate (SA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) using epichlorohydrin (ECH) as a crosslinker. Then this prepared hydrogel wa...

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Main Authors: Menatalla Ashraf Saad, Eman Radi Sadik, Basma Mohamed Eldakiky, Hanan Moustafa, Eman Fadl, Zhen He, Elsayed Zakaria Elashtoukhy, Randa Eslah Khalifa, Taghreed Mohamed Mohamed Zewail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58533-6