title: Recent progress on synthesis, property and application of modified chitosan: An overview.
abstract: Because of the unique chemical structure, chitosan and its derivatives have been paid close extensive attention as the potential bio-functional material. This review presents recent synthesis of modified chitosan via N-substitution, O-substitution, free radical graft copolymerization and other modification methods and properties of the modified chitosan. The applications of the modified chitosan in metal ions adsorption, dye removal and pharmaceutical fields are illustrated as well. The rapid development in the modification of chitosan describes broad perspectives of the modified chitosan.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Junhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. Electronic address: hjyu@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Haojie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.lastname: Zain-Ul-Abdin
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Yongsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd, Zhengzhou 450004, China.
authors.forename: Hongtao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd, Zhengzhou 450004, China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D002686:Chitin / Q000737:chemistry*; D048271:Chitosan / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D058105:Polymerization; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004337:Drug Carriers; D002686:Chitin; D048271:Chitosan
keywords: Applications; Chemical modifications; Chitosan; Modified chitosan