Table 1.
Physicochemical properties of poly(vinyl alcohol)-cyclodextrin nanosponges and their derivatives.
| Nanosponges | Composition (% w/v) | % Yield | IEC (mmol/g) | % Swelling | % Paraquat Removal |
β-CD Content (mmol/g) |
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| β-CD | CTR | PVOH | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | |
| C2.5D-P2 | 10 | 2.5 | 2 | 52.9 | 2.0 | 2.13 | 0.02 | 199.2 | 1.2 | 66.0 | 1.9 | 0.365 | 0.003 |
| C5D-P2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 57.5 | 1.1 | 2.93 | 0.01 | 147.2 | 1.4 | 84.2 | 0.5 | 0.351 | 0.005 |
| C10D-P2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 60.2 | 2.1 | 3.14 | 0.03 | 96.4 | 0.5 | 94.5 | 0.1 | 0.335 | 0.003 |
| C10D-P1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 63.4 | 1.5 | 3.20 | 0.02 | 101.6 | 0.7 | 89.0 | 0.2 | 0.328 | 0.002 |
| C10D-P0.5 | 10 | 10 | 0.5 | 68.6 | 1.3 | 3.27 | 0.03 | 104.1 | 0.8 | 85.2 | 0.5 | 0.314 | 0.004 |
| C10-P2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 39.9 | 2.6 | 3.84 | 0.05 | 135.3 | 0.6 | 75.9 | 0.8 | - | - |
| C10-P1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 21.3 | 2.3 | 4.07 | 0.03 | 143.6 | 0.4 | 69.2 | 1.0 | - | - |
| C10-P0.5 | 0 | 10 | 0.5 | 17.3 | 1.3 | 4.46 | 0.04 | 166.7 | 0.9 | 21.4 | 0.4 | - | - |