Modification of Poly(vinyl chloride) with Bio-Based Cassia Oil to Improve Thermo-Mechanical and Antimicrobial Properties.

Katarzyna Skórczewska, Joanna Szulc, Krzysztof Lewandowski, Anna Ligocka, Sławomir Wilczewski

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Preparation of antimicrobial polymeric composites using defective silk cocoons and moringa seed oil as additives for polyvinyl chloride.Scientific reports · 2025
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Katarzyna SkórczewskaFaculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8219-4790

Joanna SzulcFaculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5479-6820

Krzysztof LewandowskiFaculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0664-9815

Anna LigockaFaculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Bernardynska 6, 85-029 Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Sławomir WilczewskiFaculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7615-7077

Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to modify plasticised PVC to obtain a material with antimicrobial properties and selected mechanical properties. Natural cassia oil (CO) was used to modify plasticised PVC materials. The modified material was produced by extrusion. The introduced modifier had a maximum concentration of 20 phr. Rheological and mechanical properties were evaluated, and the glass transition temperature was determined. The antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of the agar diffusion method was investigated by analysing the growth inhibition zones against

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cassia oilmodificationpoly(vinyl chloride) PVC

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PMID37048989

DOI10.3390/ma16072698

PMCPMC10096239

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