Conference Paper

Poly(vinyl alcohol): Physical Approaches to Designing Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Figure 4

A comparison of the tensile strengths (uniaxial tensile tests) of PVA at equilibrium hydration after one cycle freeze-thaw (1FT), air-dried and one cycle freeze-thaw (AD+1FT), and air-dried (AD) films.
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