Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of chitosan and its derivatives and their applications: A review

ME Abd El-Hack, MT El-Saadony, ME Shafi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this era, there is a global concern in the use of bioactive molecules such as chitosan in the
field of antimicrobial and antioxidant benefits. Because of its biodegradability, biological …

Removal of Co2+ from radioactive wastewater by polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/chitosan magnetic composite

Y Zhu, J Hu, J Wang - Progress in nuclear energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Cobalt is one of the toxic radioactive elements and the removal of Co 2+ from radioactive
wastewater has received increasing attention in recent years. In this paper, polyvinyl alcohol …

Chitosan–clay composites for wastewater treatment: a state-of-the-art review

S Biswas, J Fatema, T Debnath, TU Rashid - ACS ES&T Water, 2021 - ACS Publications
In recent decades, increased domestic and industrial activities have led to the release of
various pollutants into the aquatic environment. A robust and eco-friendly technique for …

Poly (itaconic acid)-grafted chitosan adsorbents with different cross-linking for Pb (II) and Cd (II) uptake

GZ Kyzas, PI Siafaka, DA Lambropoulou, NK Lazaridis… - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Two novel chitosan (CS) adsorbents were prepared in powder form, after modification with
the grafting of itaconic acid (CS-g-IA) and cross-linking with either glutaraldehyde (CS-g-IA …

Versatile nature of hetero-chitosan based derivatives as biodegradable adsorbent for heavy metal ions; a review

M Ahmad, K Manzoor, S Ikram - International journal of biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The polyfunctional chitosan can act as the biological macromolecule ligand not only for the
adsorption and the recovery of metal ions from an aqueous media, but also for the …

Removal of radionuclide Sr2+ ions from aqueous solution using synthesized magnetic chitosan beads

Y Chen, J Wang - Nuclear engineering and design, 2012 - Elsevier
Strontium-90 is one of the main fission products, existing in the radioactive wastes produced
in nuclear power plant. In this paper, a novel magnetic chitosan beads were synthesized …

Chitosan and its derivatives as highly efficient polymer ligands

A Pestov, S Bratskaya - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
The polyfunctional nature of chitosan enables its application as a polymer ligand not only for
the recovery, separation, and concentration of metal ions, but for the fabrication of a wide …

Synthesis, spectrochemical characterisation and catalytic activity of transition metal complexes derived from Schiff base modified chitosan

R Antony, ST David, K Saravanan… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
Three novel quadridentate Schiff base complexes,[Cu (OIAC) Cl2],[Co (OIAC) Cl2] and [Ni
(OIAC) Cl2][OIAC, a Schiff base ligand:(([2-oxo-1H-indol-3-ylidene] amino) chitosan)] have …

[HTML][HTML] Metal removal from aqueous media by polymer-assisted ultrafiltration with chitosan

G Crini, N Morin-Crini, N Fatin-Rouge, S Deon… - Arabian Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymer assisted ultrafiltration (PAUF) is a relatively new process in water and wastewater
treatment and the subject of an increasing number of papers in the field of membrane …

Evaluation of the antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity of novel salicylhydrazido chitosan derivatives impregnated with titanium dioxide nanoparticles

NY Elmehbad, NA Mohamed… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Two novel chitosan derivatives were prepared by incorporating salicylhydrazide into
chitosan Schiff base (SCsSB) and chitosan (SCs). Two nanocomposites, SCs/TiO 2-1% and …