Recent Advances in Bio-Based 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 November 2023) | Viewed by 226
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biobased polymers; enzymatic catalysis; chitin; N-containing chemicals; material monomer; biobased functional material; enzyme immobilization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This section of Polymers aims to rapidly publish contributions on all aspects of bio-based polymers. We encourage the submission of manuscripts that provide novel and mechanistic insights that report significant advances in the field. Biobased polymers are an important class of polymers of biological origin produced by living organisms, and can be classified mainly into polysaccharides, proteins, peptides, polyesters, polyamides, etc. Biobased polymers have attracted great interest in recent decades as alternatives to conventional fossil-based polymers from non-renewable resources. Biobased polymers have various applications in medicine, tissue engineering, the food and petroleum industry, the paper and pulp industry, the printing and textile industry, etc. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Synthesis of biobased polymers;
- Characterization of biobased polymers;
- Properties of biobased polymers;
- Derivatization of biobased polymers;
- Conversion of biobased polymers into fine chemicals;
- Nanocomposites of biobased polymers;
- Environmental sustainability;
- Biocompatibility;
- Micro- and nanoencapsulation;
- Natural fibers;
- Biopolymers processing and performance;
- Applications of biobased polymers;
- Hydrogels;
- Wood composites;
- Cellulose, lignin, and hemicelluloses;
- Starch;
- Chitin-chitosan;
- Dextran, pullulan, and glucans;
- Alginate;
- Rubber;
- Proteins like collagen, casein, soy protein, zein, silk, etc.;
- Polyesters produced by bacteria like polyhydroxyalkanoates;
- Polymamides synthesized by bacteria, such as poly(glutamic acid).
Dr. Alei Zhang
Dr. Guoguang Wei
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- biobased polymers
- polysaccharides
- cellulose
- hemicelluloses
- lignin
- starch
- chitin
- chitosan
- glucans
- rubber
- proteins
- peptides
- polynucleotides
- drug delivery
- tissue engineering
- nanocomposites
- fine chemicals
- hydrogels
