Carbohydrate Polymers: Science and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Carbohydrate polymers are one of the most fascinating materials of the present era, finding applications in almost every aspects of life. Carbohydrate polymers are directly available in nature and are surface engineered depending upon the targeted applications. Advances in polymer science and the introduction of new sustainable polymers have resulted in the significant development of carbohydrate polymer-based bio-materials with unique properties. Different kinds of such polymers have been and will be one of the key elements of several applications in many of the advanced biomedical and pharmaceutical research projects being carried out over the globe.

This Special Issue is aimed at presenting the current state-of-the-art in carbohydrate polymers and related materials to address the various challenging issues researchers are confronted with in this field for a number of applications, especially biomedical applications. This Special Issue contains precisely referenced research articles/reviews, emphasizing different kinds of polymers with basic fundamentals and practicality for applications in diverse biomedical and pharmaceutical technologies. The SI aim at explaining the basics of carbohydrate polymer-based materials from different resources and their chemistry along with practical applications that present a future direction in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields.  

This Special Issue of Biomolecules will attempt to publish high quality short communications, research papers covering the most recent advances, as well as comprehensive reviews addressing novel and state-of-the-art topics from active researchers in carbohydrate polymers and respective innovative/hybrid materials, concerning not only the synthesis, preparation and characterization, but especially focusing on the applications of such materials with outstanding performance.  

Prof. Dr. Vijay Kumar Thakur
Guest Editor

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