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In this work, the blends of bionanocellulose and poly(vinyl alcohol), BNC\/PVA, were prepared based on in situ and ex situ methodology combined with impregnation and sterilization, using different concentrations of PVA. The main purpose of this work was to check the influence of UV radiation and high temperature, which can be sterilizing factors, on the properties of these mixtures. It was found that the crystallinity degree increases in UV-irradiated samples due to the photodegradation of the amorphous phase. This changes the mechanical properties: the breaking stress and Young\u2019s modulus decreased, while the strain at break increased in most UV-irradiated samples. The surface morphology, which we observed by using AFM, did not change significantly after exposure, but the roughness and surface free energy changed irregularly in samples obtained by different methods. However, the effects induced by UV-irradiation were not so crucial as to deteriorate the materials\u2019 properties designed for medical applications. Thermogravimetric analysis exhibited good thermal stability for all samples up to at least 200 \u00b0C, which allows for the prediction of these systems also in industrial sectors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym14204364","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,17]],"date-time":"2022-10-17T03:43:58Z","timestamp":1665978238000},"page":"4364","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Photochemical and Thermal Stability of Bionanocellulose\/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Blends"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Aldona","family":"D\u0142uga","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Bowil Biotech Sp. z.o.o., 7 Skandynawska St., 84-120 W\u0142adys\u0142awowo, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dagmara","family":"Bajer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, 7 Gagarina St., 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8708-6542","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Halina","family":"Kaczmarek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, 7 Gagarina St., 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Rangappa, S.M., Parameswaranpillai, J., Siengchin, S., and Ramesh, M. 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