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SUBMITTER: Kaczmarek H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585458 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaczmarek Halina H Tafelska-Kaczmarek Agnieszka A Roszek Katarzyna K Czarnecka Joanna J Jędrzejewska Beata B Zblewska Katarzyna K
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20211026 21
Chitosan is a valuable, functional, and biodegradable polysaccharide that can be modified to expand its applications. This work aimed to obtain chitosan derivatives with fluorescent properties. Three heterocyclic aromatic dyes (based on benzimidazole, benzoxazole, and benzothiazole) were synthesized and used for the chemical modification of chitosan. Emission spectroscopy revealed the strong fluorescent properties of the obtained chitosan derivatives even at a low <i>N</i>-substitution degree of ...[more]