Chitosan and Its Derivatives as Highly Efficient Polymer Ligands

The polyfunctional nature of chitosan enables its application as a polymer ligand not only for the recovery, separation, and concentration of metal ions, but for the fabrication of a wide spectrum of functional materials. Although unmodified chitosan itself is the unique cationic polysaccharide with...

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Main Authors: Alexander Pestov, Svetlana Bratskaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-03-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/3/330