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POLYMER
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 1267-1276Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(01)00685-1
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chitosan; oligomers; complexation
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The complexation of copper ions by chitosan and its oligomers is investigated using potentiometric and spectrophotometric methods to study the nature of the complexes involved and the role of the degree of polymerisation. Two complexes are demonstrated. Their structure is proposed, the pH range in which they are respectively stable is determined and their stability constants calculated. Finally a degree of polymerisation of 6 appeared as the threshold value for an efficient complexation of copper ions by chitosan oligomers. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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