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 …

Background With rapid development in agriculture and industry, water polluted with heavy
metallic ions has come to be a serious problem. Adsorption-based methods are simple …

Chitosan is produced by deacetylation of chitin, the second-most abundant biopolymer on
earth. With three types of reactive functional groups, one amino group and both primary and …

Superabsorbent hydrogels (SH) continue being a very important issue in both academic and
industrial fields due to their applications in several technologies. This is proved by the …

Magnetic chitosan composites (MCCs) are a novel material that exhibits good sorption
behavior toward various toxic pollutants in aqueous solution. These magnetic composites …

During the last decade, hydrogels have been used as potential adsorbents for removal of
contaminants from aqueous solution. To improve the adsorption efficiency, there are …

Chitosan-based adsorbents have attracted increasing attention in water and wastewater
treatment in recent years due to its abundance and low price, as well as rich amino and …

Immobilized enzymes have received incredible interests in industry, pharmaceuticals,
chemistry and biochemistry sectors due to their various advantages such as ease of …

Due to the unique physical and chemical characteristics of hydrogels, such as hydrophilicity,
swellability, and modifiability, there is increasing research interest in the development and …

Chitosan is highly suitable for removing metal ions and dyes from water; however, the
sorption performance, stability and recycling are still critical issues in practical applications …