An environmentally friendly and low-cost material based on cellulose filter paper modified with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) was designed to uptake and elute drugs for water purification. To carry out the work, a β-CD derivative was first obtained through reaction of β-CD with N-(hydroxymethyl) acrylamide (NMA), and then β-CD-NMA was grafted on cellulose by means of the Fenton's reaction. The CD-grafted cellulose paper was characterized by ATR-FTIR analysis, SEM images, and mechanical properties.
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