Modification of Starch – from Structure, through Functionalization to Special Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Worldwide, industries are striving to reduce the pollutions associated with raw material processing and new material production. There is an ongoing search for cheap, natural, and biodegradable materials. One of them is starch – biodegradable and renewable polysaccharide. Food, pulp and paper, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, biomedical, textile adhesive, and packaging industries mainly need modified starches with improved processing properties compared to natural starch. Research on modification of starch for food and non-food purposes is very dispersed, and less well described. Therefore, there is a need for a Special Issue devoted to various methods of starch modification and the relationship between the structure of modified starches and their physicochemical, functional, processing, and environmental properties. This Special Issue will contain contributions discussing all the aspects that are broadly related to the keywords. Review articles by experts in the field are also welcome.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Chemistry.

Prof. Dr. Janusz Kapusniak
Dr. Idalina Gonçalves
Guest Editors

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