Hydrogen peroxide-mediated oxidative modification of chitosan: Structural, physicochemical, and colloidal changes.
Chitosan is a versatile biopolymer widely explored for biomedical, environmental, and functional material applications; however, its limited aqueous dispersibility and structural rigidity restrict broader utilization. In this study, aqueous hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) was employed as a green oxidizing agent to induce oxid...