Modification and Application of Natural Polymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 4331
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural polymers play an essential role in the human and natural world, and they can be derived from a wide variety of sources, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms. In recent years, a large number of natural polymers have been studied extensively. These polymers show a good variety of characteristics and an excellent application prospect in the field of food and medicine. However, these natural polymers are sometimes less useful due to some poor properties. Thus, modified or biodegraded natural polymers tend to show better characteristics and have better applications, such as from high polymerization degree to low polymerization degree sugar tend to have higher biological activity. Natural polymers have been widely used in a variety of applications such as industry, agriculture, food, and pharmaceuticals.
The proposed Special Issue focuses on:
✓ The discovery of natural polymers derived from plants, animals, and microorganisms.
✓ The physical, chemical, and biological characterization of natural polymers.
✓ The modification of natural polymers.
✓ Synthesis of artificial polymers.
✓ Characteristics of the functional properties of natural polymers.
✓ New applications of modified or natural polymers.
Prof. Dr. Dengfeng Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural polymers
- polysaccharide
- polypeptide
- modifications
- synthesis
- artificial polymers
- functional properties
- biodegradable
- application
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