Carbohydrate Polymers: Synthesis, Preparation, Structural Characteristics and Applications—2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 119
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbohydrate polymers; polysaccharide; synthesis; structure characteristics; biological activity
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Interests: medicinal plants; polysaccharides; biosynthesis; biological activity; structural characteristics
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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, which are usually homopolymers or heteropolymers (including cellulose, dextrin, and agarose); (b) naturally derived synthetic polysaccharides, which are polymers containing the main chain of carbohydrates and fabricated via ring-opening polymerization or other methods using monomers made from natural sugars; and (c) sugar polymers (including glycopeptides), which are synthetic polymers with monosaccharides or oligosaccharides as side groups. The application of carbohydrate polymers, especially sugar polymers, has garnered significant attention in recent years.
This Special Issue will mainly address 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
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