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Starch/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-coated painting paper with exceptional organic solvent barrier properties for art preservation purposes

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Starch is one of the most popular biodegradable polymers in nature, which is gaining increasing attention because of its abundant availability and low cost. However, starch film itself is very brittle and its barrier property is poor for many applications. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a versatile polymer in paper industry, is used to improve the barrier property of starch film. In this study, painting paper with exceptional barrier properties against organic solvents is successfully prepared for art creation purpose by coating a thin layer of environmentally friendly starch/PVA film on its surface. The coated paper can resist the penetration of the ink from marker pens. Furthermore, the solvent resistance and mechanical flexibility of freestanding starch/PVA hybrid film were investigated in detail. It found that the excellent barrier properties of the coated painting paper against solvents are due to the superior solvent resistance and mechanical flexibility of starch/PVA hybrid film. Therefore, the biodegradable and cost-effective strategy in this study provides a promising approach to enhance the barrier property of painting paper against solvents, which can find potential applications in painting field.

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Acknowledgements

Zhiqiang Fang appreciates the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31700508), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2017A030310635), the State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Papermaking Engineering (Grant Nos. 2016PY01, 201709) and Open Funds of National engineering research center of near-net-shape forming for metallic materials (Grant No. 2016006). Penghui Zhu would like to thank the financial support from One-hundred-steps Innovative Center for Students at South China University of Technology (Grant No. EC30717059). Yudi Kuang would like to thank the China Scholarship Council for financial support (Grant No. 201606150041).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China Institute of Collaborative Innovation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Penghui Zhu, Yudi Kuang, Gang Chen, Yu Liu, Congxing Peng, Wen Hu, Panpan Zhou & Zhiqiang Fang

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Zhu, P., Kuang, Y., Chen, G. et al. Starch/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-coated painting paper with exceptional organic solvent barrier properties for art preservation purposes. J Mater Sci 53, 5450–5457 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1924-6

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