Emerging Marine Biopolymer-Based Materials: Extraction to Application

Dear Colleagues,

Marine biopolymer-based materials are one of the most active research areas in recent decades for different daily-life applications. They are considered as potential biomaterials for medical applications due to their good biocompatibility, biodegradability, inexpensiveness, stability, abundance, ease of surface modification, and nontoxic nature. They are also interesting materials with respect to non-medical applications, and they have applications in food packaging, water treatment, production of bioplastics, and cosmetics, etc., as they possess excellent mechanical, thermal, and biological activities. Numerous marine biopolymers such as alginates, agar, carrageenan, and chitosan have been isolated from marine crustaceans including animals such as shrimp, crabs and lobsters, and marine macro and micro algae (such as seaweed, spirulina, chlorella, and blue green algae, etc). This Special Issue will be launched to present and discuss different approaches for isolation, preparation, modification, and characterizations of marine based biopolymers with respect to different medical and non-medical applications. The Special Issue will also include the preparation and characterization of marine biopolymers-based materials such as hydrogels, aerogels, membranes, and other materials in pure polymeric forms or polymer blends for various daily-life applications.

Prof. Dr. Abdul Khalil
Guest Editor

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