How to preserve PVA-KOH hydrogel for a longer term?

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Golam Md. Sabur

Sir, A proposed solution for this would be making nanocellulose-PVA composite.

Please refer to the article published in February 2022 on the title of "Preparation of nanocellulose-polyvinyl alcohol composite hydrogels from Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb.: Chemical property characterization".

Doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.114371

Manickam Rajkumar

It is recommended to use deep freeze.

Fatemeh Khalili

DOI: 10.1039/C39740000298

by encapsulating