Polymers from Biomass: Characterization, Modification, Degradation 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: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 1371
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conducting polymers; smart hydrogels; electrochemistry of materials; porous carbons
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: biopolymers; surface modification; laser technology; conducting polymers; smart hydrogels; polymer technological applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The macromolecules present in biomass (cellulose, lignin, chitin/chitosan, proteins, starch, etc.) are abundant and sustainable (biodegradable, biocompatible and with a low carbon footprint) materials. Moreover, they contain pendant functional groups that can be used to link a variety of functionalities. Such chemical modifications have been extensively employed in order to change the physicochemical properties (hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity, presence of fixed charges, solubility/dispersibility, etc.) of the polymers for industrial applications. However, the reasons behind the utilization of some experimental conditions are not clear. On the other hand, the field of bioconjugate chemistry has devised several modification procedures in order to incorporate functionalities that are mainly oriented towards microscopic detection. In this Special Issue, manuscripts that elucidate classical procedures or the design of novel experimental procedures in order to modify macromolecules from biomass will be accepted. Moreover, studies that focus on the extension of those techniques to the incorporation of different functionalities (optical absorption and fluorescence, redox sites, ion exchange, etc.) in abundant biomacromolecules are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Cesar Alfredo Barbero
Dr. Diego Acevedo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- polymers
- macromolecules
- modified celluloses and starches
- bioconjugated proteins
- functionalized lignin
- functionalized chitin and chitosan
- crosslinked gels of biomacromolecules
