Polymer Materials Based on Chitosan, Cellulose and Their Derivates
This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly materials has raised the interest of researchers and the polymer industries in the last century. Among these, cellulose, chitosan, and their derivatives deserve special mention due to their outstanding mechanical, chemical, physical, as well as biological properties. This Special Issue is dedicated to recent advances in the field of polymer materials based on cellulose and chitosan, and their derivatives, from the micro to the nanoscale.
We kindly invite you to submit a manuscript(s) for this issue. The original research articles, communications, and reviews are all welcome. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- New methods of cellulose and chitosan separation and preparation from natural resources and their characterization
- Surface functionalization and modification
- Composites and nanocomposites
- Hybrid polymeric materials
- Porous materials including aerogels, foams, and membranes, preparation, characterization, and properties.
- Applications of cellulose/chitosan-based materials for food packaging
- Applications of cellulose/chitosan-based materials for air and water treatment
- Applications of cellulose/chitosan-based materials for biomedical
Dr. Hanieh Kargarzadeh
Dr. Cintil Jose
Prof. Dr. Sabu Thomas
Prof. Dr. Ishak Ahmad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cellulose and nanocellulose
- chitosan and nanochitosan
- isolation, preparation, properties, and application
- cellulose and chitosan functionalization and modification
- hybrid materials
- porous material
- nanomaterials and nanocomposites
- air and water purification
- food packaging
- biomedical
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Published Papers
Polymers - ISSN 2073-4360