Progress in Preparations and Applications of Chitinous Material
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: chitin; chitosan; polysaccharide; food processing; nano-material; environmental friendly process; marine biomass valorization
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Dear Colleagues,
Chitinous material including chitin and chitosan are considered to be versatile, environmentally friendly biomaterials. Chitinous material is the most abundant nitrogen-containing polysaccharide in nature. It is found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans, squid pen, and the cell walls of fungi and yeast. Chitinous material is biocompatible, biodegradable, nontoxic, and physiologically inert. Furthermore, chitinous material exhibits bioactivity (antifungal, antibacterial, antitumor, antithrombotic, and anticholesterol) and bioadhesive properties, making it widely applicable in agriculture, food/nutrition, biomedicine, materials science, cosmetics, wastewater treatment, papermaking, textiles, and various other fields.
This Special Issue focuses on recent developments in novel preparation methods and applications of chitinous material, such as the purification of chitin by deep eutectic solvent, chitin nanocrystal application in Pickering emulsions, and chitosan application in smart food packaging materials.
Prof. Dr. Min-Lang Tsai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chitinous material
- chitin
- chitosan
- preparation
- application
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