Green and eco-friendly approaches for the extraction of chitin and chitosan: A review

K Mohan, AR Ganesan, PN Ezhilarasi… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitin is one of the most diverse and naturally occurring biopolymers, and it is mainly
present in crustaceans, insects, and fungi. Chitosan is derived from chitin by deacetylation …

Removal of various pollutants from water and wastewater by modified chitosan adsorbents

J Wang, S Zhuang - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Chitosan-modifications and applications: Opportunities galore

VK Mourya, NN Inamdar - Reactive and Functional polymers, 2008 - Elsevier
Of late, the most bountiful natural biopolymer chitin and chitosan have become cynosure of
all party because of an unusual combination of biological activities plus mechanical and …

Microwave‐assisted polymer synthesis: recent developments in a rapidly expanding field of research

R Hoogenboom, US Schubert - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The use of microwave irradiation has become a common heat source in organic chemistry.
Inspired by this enormous success, the use of microwave irradiation is also increasingly …

Use of microwave irradiation in the grafting modification of the polysaccharides–A review

V Singh, P Kumar, R Sanghi - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are a natural and renewable feed stock for synthesizing high performance
macromolecular materials. A popular, versatile and convenient route to develop …

Prospection of recent chitosan biomedical trends: Evidence from patent analysis (2009–2020)

M Kurakula - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020 - Elsevier
Improved accuracy is one of the vital innovations in designing biopolymer-based products
that are gaining momentum in diverse biomedicine arenas. The innovative devices were …

Modification of Hibiscus cannabinus fiber by graft copolymerization: application for dye removal

G Sharma, M Naushad, D Pathania, A Mittal… - Desalination and Water …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hibiscus cannabinus fiber was modified by graft copolymerization with vinyl monomer
acrylic acid (AAc) and binary mixture of AAc and acrylamide (AAm). The different reaction …

State-of-the-art progress on tamarind seed polysaccharide (Tamarindus indica) and its diverse potential applications, a review with insight

V Raj, S Lee - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024 - Elsevier
Tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP) is a biocompatible, non-ionic polymer with antioxidant
properties. Its uses include drug delivery, food industry, and wastewater treatment. TSP has …

Hydrogel preparation technologies: relevance kinetics, thermodynamics and scaling up aspects

MM Elsayed - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2019 - Springer
Hydrogels are three-dimensional structure composed of organic resources with lightly cross-
linked having high to very high swelling ability in aqueous solutions. Due to the special …

Poly (methylmethacrylate) grafted chitosan: An efficient adsorbent for anionic azo dyes

V Singh, AK Sharma, DN Tripathi, R Sanghi - Journal of hazardous …, 2009 - Elsevier
Present study reports on peroxydisulfate/ascorbic acid initiated synthesis of Chitosan-graft-
poly (methylmethacrylate)(Ch-g-PMMA) and its characterization by FTIR, XRD and 13C …