Aims & Scope

Aims

Polysaccharides (ISSN 2673-4176) provides an advanced forum for studies related to polysaccharides and their derivatives, from basics to applications. Polysaccharides publishes reviews, regular research papers, and communications.

The aim of Polysaccharides is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, the journal has no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. Full experimental details should be provided so that the results can be reproduced.

Scope

Polysaccharides must be the major proportion of the work reported, not a peripheral topic. At least one polysaccharide must be discussed and be the focus of the paper, for example, homopolysaccharides (starch, cellulose, chitin, glycogen, pullulan, xylan, etc.) and heteropolysaccharides (hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate, heparin, pectin, xanthan gum, carrageenan, alginate, etc.).

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Synthesis, processing, analysis, functionalization and modifications of polysaccharides
• Isolation, extraction, purification and degradation of polysaccharides
• Chemical–physical properties analysis and characterization of polysaccharides
• Structure–property relationships of polysaccharides
• Polysaccharide-based materials and functional composites
• Applications of polysaccharides in cosmetics
• Medical applications of polysaccharides (e.g., drug delivery, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine)
• Applications of polysaccharides in environmental sciences (e.g., wastewater treatment)
• Applications of polysaccharides in food, nutrition or agricultural science
• Applications of polysaccharides in energy storage and harvesting
• Other industrial applications of polysaccharides (e.g., oil recovery)
• Glycobiology

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Copyright / Open Access

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