Chitosan is a product of the deacetylation of chitin, which is widely found in nature. Chitosan
is insoluble in water and most organic solvents, which seriously limits both its application …

Industrial wastewater has imposed increasing threats due to the large concentrations of
various toxic and hazardous contaminants. Amongst various processes to treat wastewater …

Copper is one of the most well-known heavy metals; while it is an essential nutrient for living
organisms, its excessive presence in wastewaters is equally hazardous, causing a variety of …

Retrieving valuable metals like palladium, gold, and platinum from electronic waste poses
significant challenges. In this study, we developed highly macroporous and flexible …

In this study, the Cu (II) and Cd (II) ions removal behavior of crosslinked chitosan beads
grafted poly (methacrylamide)(abbreviated as crosslinked chitosan-g-PMAm) from single …

Composite materials are effective adsorbents for the removal of various types of
contaminants, such as pharmaceutical products. However, they require improvement to …

In this study, magnetic DTPA-modified chitosan composite microspheres (MDCM) were
prepared by reverse emulsion-double crosslinking method (carbodiimide followed by …

A new crosslinked chitosan grafted with methyl methacrylate (M-CTS) adsorbent was
synthesized via free radical polymerization for effective removal of Cu (II) ions from aqueous …

The swift and efficient extraction of gold from electronic wastes carries significant economic
and environmental benefits. In the present work, chitosan and keratin were modified with …

In this study, a unique stimuli-responsive hydrogel nanocomposite was prepared via surface
reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) copolymerization of acrylic acid and …