Polyvinyl alcohol is used in food industries as a binding and coating agent. Its viscosity favors the application as coating agent to tablets and capsules. Mixed-matrix membrane prepared by dispersion of NaA zeolite particles is used to study the pervaporative separation of water-butanol mixtures. Polyvinyl alcohol /gelatin based biocompatible polymeric scaffolds have been developed for 3D cancer models.

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