Water Repellence and Oxygen and Water Vapor Barrier of PVOH-Coated Substrates before and after Surface Esterification

This study investigates chemical grafting with fatty acid chlorides as a method for the surface modification of hydrophilic web materials. The resulting changes in the water repellence and barrier properties were studied. For this purpose, different grades of polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) were coated on...

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Main Authors: Markus Schmid, Sven Sängerlaub, Oliver Miesbauer, Verena Jost, Johannes Werthan, Camelia Stinga, Daniel Samain, Cornelia Stramm, Klaus Noller, Kajetan Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-11-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/6/11/2764