Environmentally benign Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorescent Chitosan Polymer for Biomedical Applications

By : Santosh Kumar, Joonseok Koh

Page No: 67-73

Abstract
A novel biodegradable biopolymer N-naphthaloyl chitosan was synthesized by reaction of chitosan with 1,8-naphthalic anhydride in aqueous media by environmentally benign approach. The synthesized N-naphthaloyl chitosan were characterized by using UV-vis, and FTIR spectroscopy. Some physical properties and surface morphology were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fluorescence spectroscopy. Thus, the synthesized polymer may open new perspectives in biomedical applications such as sensitive biosensor and biomarker material.

Authors :
Santosh Kumar and Joonseok Koh : Department of Organic and Nano System Engineering, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea