Natural Polymeric Materials: Polysaccharides and Carbohydrate Polymers, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 3670
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Interests: synthesis, modification and applications of novel nanoporous materials (e.g. hierarchical zeolites); nanomaterials characterization techniques; application of heterogeneous catalysis to obtain fine chemicals; new materials used in the processing of biomass
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Interests: mesoporous materials; biomaterials; functionalization and surface modification; characterization and analysis of materials; heterogeneous catalysis; catalysts' preparation; catalysis on metals; acid-base catalysis; active substance-delivery systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue continues the exploration of recent research advances in the polysaccharides and carbohydrate polymers, following the success of the first volume of the Special Issue, which published six regular papers. Further details can be found below:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/95FA54Y8FE
Natural polymeric materials (NPMs) perfectly fit the increasingly common trend of green and sustainable chemistry. Within this group, biopolymers based on carbohydrates, particularly polysaccharides, should be distinguished, since they are readily available at low costs, making them one of the main building blocks of plants. Therefore, growing interest in research on the preparation, modification, and potential application of NMPs as structural components and carriers of active substances (e.g., in pharmaceutic and cosmetic products or functional foods), as well as in separation processes, biotechnology, and energy storage, may be observed. This indicates that NPMs may constitute an alternative to the currently used synthetic polymers, and this field of research carries enormous potential, both in the area of basic research and application.
Accordingly, this Special Issue is devoted to the most recent high-quality original research papers or comprehensive reviews covering all aspects of the synthesis, structural modification, characterization, and application of carbohydrate/polysaccharide-based natural polymeric materials.
Dr. Agnieszka Feliczak-Guzik
Dr. Agata Wawrzyńczak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- synthesis and characterization of carbohydrate/polysaccharide-based NPLs
- structural modifications and functionalization of carbohydrate/polysaccharide-based NPLs
- encapsulation processes
- drug-delivery systems
- polysaccharide-based bionanocomposites
- polysaccharide-based hydrogels
- polysaccharide-based membranes
- electroactive NPLs
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