Although chitin is of the most available biopolymers on Earth its uses and applications are
limited due to its low solubility. The deacetylation of chitin leads to chitosan. This biopolymer …

Chitin and chitosan are considerably versatile and promising biomaterials. The deacetylated
chitin derivative chitosan is a useful and interesting bioactive polymer. Despite its …

Pervaporation is an efficient membrane process for liquid separation. The past decades had
witnessed substantial progress and exciting breakthroughs in both the fundamental and …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …

Metal–organic framework membranes are frequently used in gas separations, but rare in
pervaporation for liquid chemical upgrading, especially for separating water from polyols …

In order to solve the issue of incompatibility between metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and
polymer matrix, mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) on the basis of a hydrophilic polymer poly …

To separate thioglycolic acid (TGA) from its aqueous solution by ionic liquids (ILs), sixty
imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) were screened by using the COSMO-SAC model …

Soluble polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) between chitosan (CS) and sodium
carboxymethyl cellulose (CMCNa) were synthesized in aqueous hydrochloric acid (HCl) and …

Chitosan films obtained by dry phase inversion were prepared from an aqueous solution of
chitosan in acetic acid. The films, of thickness less than 20 μm, were transparent, very …

In this study, polyacrylic acid (PAA) was grafted onto a polyamide (PA) surface through
ultraviolet-initiated graft polymerization to improve the pervaporative dehydration of aqueous …