Carbohydrate Polymers: Synthesis, Preparation, Structural Characteristics 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 April 2024 | Viewed by 355
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbohydrate polymers; polysaccharide; synthesis; structure characteristics; biological activity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbohydrate polymers are some of the most abundant and important biological macromolecules in nature. Carbohydrate-related polymers can be roughly divided into three categories: (a) polysaccharides found in nature, usually homopolymers or heteropolymers (including cellulose, dextrin, and agarose); (b) naturally derived synthetic polysaccharides, which are polymers containing the main chain of carbohydrates, made by ring-opening polymerization or other methods with monomers made from natural sugars; and (c) sugar polymers (including glycopeptides) are synthetic polymers with monosaccharides or oligosaccharides as side groups. The application of carbohydrate polymers, especially sugar polymers, has attracted significant attention.
This Special Issue mainly covers the preparation, structural modification, biological and chemical synthesis, structural characteristics, biological activity, and potential application of carbohydrate polymers in areas such as bioenergy, bioplastics, biomaterials, nanotechnology, biorefining, drug delivery, food, chemistry, packaging, paper, pharmaceuticals, medicine, oil recovery, textiles, and wood.
Prof. Dr. Aoxue Luo
Dr. Yijun Fan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbohydrate polymers
- polysaccharide
- synthesis
- structural characteristics
- biological activity
