Photoactive modified chitosan.
A water-soluble polymeric photosensitizer that contains naphthyl chromophores and absorbs light in the near UV region was obtained by modification of chitosan. The excitation energy can be used to induce photochemical reactions via energy and electron transfer.
Nowakowska
Maria
M
Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 30-060 Kraków, Ingardena 3, Poland. nowakows@chemia.uj.edu.pl
Moczek
Lukasz
L
Szczubiałka
Krzysztof
K
D048271:Chitosan / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009280:Naphthaleneacetic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010569:Perylene / Q000378:metabolism; D010777:Photochemistry; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014783:Viscosity
D009280:Naphthaleneacetic Acids; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; C034182:1-naphthaleneacetic acid; D010569:Perylene; D048271:Chitosan