Chitosan, Chitosan Derivatives, Polysaccharides and Their Applications—3rd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Macromolecular Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 28
Special Issue Editor
Interests: emulsion; suspension; biopolymers; polysaccharides; dynamic light scattering; zeta potential; Langmuir monolayer
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Molecules is dedicated to recent advances in research on chitin, chitosan, polysaccharides (e.g., starch, cellulose, and dextran) and their derivatives and will highlight recent key investigations conducted in leading laboratories around the world. Our journal offers an attractive open access publishing platform for sharing molecular chemistry research data. The field of polysaccharide systems is still a developing scientific area but a very promising one for many practical applications, as demonstrated by the success of the first two editions of this Special Issues, which have been very successful. The first edition was published in print, and a print run is also planned for the second, which was recently completed. This third edition will focus on all aspects of the production, modification, enzymology and applications of chitin, chitosan, polysaccharides and their numerous derivatives, as well as polysaccharide-based systems.
Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Ewa Wiącek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chitin
- chitosan
- polysaccharide
- polysaccharide-based systems
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