Facile Synthesis of an Organic–Inorganic Nanohybrid Composite of Salicylaldehyde-Based Chitosan Schiff Base/SiO2 for Acid Red 88 Dye Removal: Characterization and Adsorption Modeling
The current study employed the hydrothermal approach to graft chitosan functionalized-SiO2 nanoparticles with an aromatic aldehyde (salicylaldehyde, SA) to obtain an organic–inorganic nanohybrid composite of salicylaldehyde-based chitosan Schiff base/SiO2 (CTS-SA/SiO2) for uptake of an acidic azo dy...