Polysaccharides II

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the potential use of biopolymers among other polysaccharides such as cellulose, starch, chitosan, and their derivatives has increasingly been explored. Polysaccharides are still the biggest class of biopolymers used in the paper and textile industry. The usability of polysaccharides in the production of various advanced materials is becoming more in more important, due to the increased interest for sustainable functional products.

For focused and increased application of the polysaccharides in different biomedical as well as technical fields, research activities such as:

• Raw PS chemical as well as physical chemical composition evaluation;
• PS derivatization;
• PS derivatives’ chemical composition characterization;
• Structural, submolecular, and morphological identification;
• Surface functionalization and characterization; and
• PS processability using modern engineering tolls as 3D printing, nano structures preparations and others

are still needed.

In order to apply polysaccharides as functional polymers in modern industrial applications as in optoelectronics, catalysis, biomaterials, medicine, building materials, water treatment, coatings, and many more, further basic knowledge should be collected, and research activities about their bioassembly, disassembly, and reassembly are needed.

Thus, the aim of the of this Special Issue is to highlight the progress and fundamental aspects of the new synthesis pathways and derivatization routes, characterization, properties, and possible application of polysaccharides and their new derivatives, structures, composites, and nanocomposites in modern material development.

Prof. Karin Stana Kleinschek
Guest Editor

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