Investigation of Cross-Linked Chitosan-Based Membranes as Potential Adsorbents for the Removal of Cu²⁺ Ions from Aqueous Solutions.

ABSTRACT: Rapid industrialization has led to huge amounts of organic pollutants and toxic heavy metals into aquatic environment. Among the different strategies explored, adsorption remains until the most convenient process for water remediation. In the present work, novel cross-linked chitosan-based membranes were elaborated as potential adsorbents of Cu²⁺ ions, using as cross-linking agent a random water-soluble copolymer P(DMAM-co-GMA) of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMAM). Cross-linked polymeric membranes were prepared through casting aqueous solutions of mixtures of P(DMAM-co-GMA) and chitosan hydrochloride, followed by thermal treatment at 120 °C. After deprotonation, the membranes were further explored as potential adsorbents of Cu²⁺ ions from a

SUBMITTER: Vlachou I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10004399 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature