title: Photoactive modified chitosan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 30-060 Kraków, Ingardena 3, Poland. nowakows@chemia.uj.edu.pl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowakowska
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moczek
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szczubiałka
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D009280:Naphthaleneacetic Acids; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; C034182:1-naphthaleneacetic acid; D010569:Perylene; D048271:Chitosan