Blended Film from PVA and Sansevieria trifasciata Dichloromethane Fraction for Reducing Heat Radiation from Smartphones

Abstract

It has been reported that the lidah mertua plant (Sansevieria trifasciata) can absorb electromagnetic radiation from various electronic equipment. The current study aimed to make a film layer from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and a dichloromethane (DCM) fraction of S. trifasciata to reduce heat radiation from smartphones. S. trifasciata leaves were macerated using ethanol and partitioned with ethyl acetate, DCM, and n-butanol. The DCM fraction was chosen to create the film, for which PVA was also used. The blended film made from PVA and 0.02% DCM reduced heat radiation from smartphones by up to 4.4 °C starting from the first minute of use; its heat reduction remained stable until the 20th minute. Based on these results, it was determined that the active compounds in the DCM fraction are closely related to saponin-type steroids.

Keywords

• radiation
• sansevieria trifasciata
• smartphone