In recent years, polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) have attracted the attention of scientists
and technologists in water purification due to improved processability, surface area, stability …

Chitosan is an aminopolysaccharide that binds metal ions through different mechanisms
such as ion exchange, chelation or formation of ternary complex. The sorption performance …

A solid polymer electrolyte based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/carboxymethyl cellulose
(CMC)/polyethylene 3, 4-dioxythiophene: sodium polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) has …

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were prepared by reducing AgNO 3 using biopolymer pullulan
as both a reducing and stabilizing agent. The prepared AgNPs solution was blended with …

A facile, economical, and one-step hydrothermal method was used to prepare highly
luminescent nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (N-CQDs) with chitosan as both carbon …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) embedded in chitosan (CHI) film, well-dispersed and smaller in
size (about 10 nm), were fabricated by one-step electrodeposion on Au microelectrode in …

A novel imprinted electrochemical sensor for neomycin recognition was developed based
on chitosan-silver nanoparticles (CS-SNP)/graphene-multiwalled carbon nanotubes (GR …

In order to obtain the clean gasoline fuel, a new nanocomposite, CTAB-PTA@ CS has been
introduced as an efficient and green catalyst for oxidative desulphurization (ODS) process …

ZnO nanoparticles are immobilized on the chitosan matrix by an in situ sol–gel conversion of
precursor molecules in a single step. Three different composites are prepared by varying the …

Published data on the chemical synthesis of colloidal gold are summarized and
systematized. Attention is focused on the state-of-the-art concepts behind the mechanisms of …