Tannic acid incorporation in chitosan-based microparticles and in vitro controlled release.

Chitosan, a natural polycationic polysaccharide, was coupled with two polyanionic polymers: Na-alginate and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and with tannic acid (TA) obtaining three species of self-assembled complexes: chitosan/alginate/TA (sample 1), chitosan/TA (sample 2) and chitosan/CMC/TA (sample 3). The microparticle formation was achieved by dropwise addition of one solution into other by using a coaxial airflow sprayer. These systems were characterized with regard to particle size distribution, thermal stability, tannic acid entrapment efficiency.

Comparison of Fenton and sono-Fenton bisphenol A degradation.

Degradation of bisphenol A (BPA) was carried out with the Fenton reagent with and without additional sonochemical treatment. The Fenton and the sono-Fenton decomposition of BPA showed that ultrasound irradiation of wastewater improved the wet oxidation process of 25 mg l(-1) BPA solutions. The sonochemical degradation of BPA was monitored using UV absorption and large volume injection packed capillary LC measurements.