Carbohydrate Polymers—Current Trends and Future Perspectives in Extraction, Characterization and Applications
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 (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 24602
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomass fractionation; hemicellulose extraction and characterization; pulping; papermaking; environmentally friendly materials; liquid chromatography
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: Lignocellulosic materials; chemical modifications; nanomaterials; pulp and paper additives
Special Issue Information
Naturally occurring carbohydrate polymers (polysaccharides) represent a huge portion of our planet’s biomass. They are formed by chains of monomers of the same type or by a combination of different sugar residues, characterized by complex secondary structures performing several roles in algae, bacteria, fungi, plants and animals. Because of their renewability, versatility, biodegradability, they have been used since the dawn of civilization for food, energy, pharmaceuticals, paper, packaging and construction. Their structural complexity, heterogeneity and diversity are source-dependent and generally include several types of residues, providing them with different physicochemical properties and applications. In recent years, their skillful use, both as a renewable class of polymeric materials and as a source for new chemical routes, has gained significant attention from researchers. Their complex structure renders unique properties which could be of great use in niche applications such as nanomaterials, medical devices, targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, conductive materials, etc. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight carbohydrate polymers such as starch, cellulose, hemicelluloses, gums, agars, chitin, chitosan, xanthan, pullulan and others, in both current trends and future perspectives, regarding extraction from new sources and methods, characterization and developments in emergent application.
Dr. Adrian C. Puiţel
Dr. Dan Belosinschi
Dr. Bogdan Marian Tofanica
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- polysaccharides
- renewability
- structural complexity
- biodegradability
- versatility