Polysaccharide Building Blocks

This book is an archival reference for the evolving field ofbiomaterials and their applications in society, focusing on theircomposition, properties, characterization, chemistry andapplications in bioenergy, chemicals, and novel materials andbiomaterials. It has broad appeal due to the recentheightened awareness around bioenergy and biomass as potentialreplacements for petroleum feedstocks. The book isdivided into three parts: cellulose-based biomaterials, chitin andchitosan biomaterials, and hemicelluloses and otherpolysaccharides. Each chapter addresses a separatebiomaterial, discussing its chemical, physical, and biologicalattributes, and hones in on each compound's intrinsictunability for numerous chemicaltransformations. In the current quest for a "green"economy and resources, this book will help inspire scientiststowards novel sources for chemicals, materials,and energy in the years to come.

Foreword viiPreface ixContributors xi1 Recent Advances in Cellulose Chemistry 1Thomas Heinze and Katrin Petzold-Welcke2 Cellulosic Aerogels 51Falk Liebner, Emmerich Haimer, Antje Potthast, and ThomasRosenau3 Nanocelluloses: Emerging Building Blocks for RenewableMaterials 105Youssef Habibi and Lucian A. Lucia4 Interactions of Chitosan with Metals for Water Purification127Mohammed Rhazi, Abdelouhad Tolaimate, and Youssef Habibi5 Recent Developments in Chitin and Chitosan Bio-Based MaterialsUsed for Food Preservation 143Véronique Coma6 Chitin and Chitosan as Biomaterial Building Blocks 177JoséF. Louvier-Hernández and Ram B. Gupta7 Chitosan Derivatives for Bioadhesive/Hemostatic Applications:Chemical and Biological Aspects 199Mai Yamazaki and Samuel M. Hudson8 Chitin Nanofibers as Building Blocks for Advanced Materials227Youssef Habibi and Lucian A. Lucia9 Electrical Conductivity and Polysaccharides 247Axel Rußler and Thomas Rosenau10 Polysaccharide-Based Porous Materials 271Peter S. Shuttleworth, Avtar Matharu, and James H. Clark11 Starch-Based Bionanocomposites: Processing and Properties287Visakh P. M., Aji P. Mathew, Kristiina Oksman, and SabuThomas12 Starch-Based Sustainable Materials 307Luc Avérous13 The Potential of Xylans as Biomaterial Resources 331Anna Ebringerova14 Micro- and Nanoparticles from Hemicelluloses 367Emmerich Haimer, Falk Liebner, Antje Potthast, and ThomasRosenau15 Nonxylan Hemicelluloses as a Source of Renewable Materials387David Plackett and Natanya HansenIndex 409