Chitosan-based materials: Preparation, modification and application

J Wang, S Zhuang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Chitosan is a natural biopolymer with a modifiable structure and abundant function groups,
moreover, it can be processed into various shapes and sizes, making it suitable for various …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater: A comprehensive and critical review

NAA Qasem, RH Mohammed, DU Lawal - Npj Clean Water, 2021‏ - nature.com
Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater is of prime importance for a clean
environment and human health. Different reported methods were devoted to heavy metal …

Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater using advanced treatments. A review

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, M Fourmentin… - Environmental …, 2022‏ - Springer
The rise of emerging contaminants in waters challenges the scientific community and water
treatment stakeholders to design remediation techniques that are simple, practical …

RETRACTED: 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 …

Hydrogel machines

X Liu, J Liu, S Lin, X Zhao - Materials Today, 2020‏ - Elsevier
As polymer networks infiltrated with water, hydrogels constitute the major components of the
human body; and hydrogels have been widely used in applications that closely interact with …

Efficacious adsorption of divalent nickel ions over sodium alginate-g-poly (acrylamide)/hydrolyzed Luffa cylindrica-CoFe2O4 bionanocomposite hydrogel

M Alizadeh, SJ Peighambardoust… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Existing Ni 2+ heavy metal ions in an aqueous medium are highly hazardous for living
organisms and humans. Therefore, designing low-cost adsorbents with enhanced …

Recent advances in heavy metal removal by chitosan based adsorbents

U Upadhyay, I Sreedhar, SA Singh, CM Patel… - Carbohydrate …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Chitosan, a low cost polymer, has been used in many studies for adsorption of heavy metal
ions. This review covers the performance of all those adsorbents which were derived from …

Applications of chitosan in food, pharmaceuticals, medicine, cosmetics, agriculture, textiles, pulp and paper, biotechnology, and environmental chemistry

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, G Torri, G Crini - Environmental Chemistry …, 2019‏ - Springer
Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, one of the most abundant and renewable
materials on Earth. Chitin is a primary component of cell walls in fungi, the exoskeletons of …

Chitosan-based beads as sustainable adsorbents for wastewater remediation: a review

A Balakrishnan, S Appunni, M Chinthala… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - Springer
Water contamination is increasing worldwide, yet actual methods of water and wastewater
treatment are limited, in particular by actual fossil-fuel derived nano-adsorbents that are …