Polysaccharide building blocks : a sustainable approach to renewable materials / / edited by Youssef Habibi, Lucian A. Lucia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823953103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-58919-1; 9786613619020; 1-118-22947-9; 1-118-22948-7; 1-118-22945-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Classificazione: TEC021000
• Altri autori (Persone): HabibiYoussef; LuciaLucian A
• Disciplina: 572/.566
• Soggetti: Polysaccharides; Carbohydrates
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: POLYSACCHARIDE BUILDING BLOCKS: A Sustainable Approach to the Development of Renewable Biomaterials; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; 1 Recent Advances in Cellulose Chemistry; 2 Cellulosic Aerogels; 3 Nanocelluloses: Emerging Building Blocks for Renewable Materials; 4 Interactions of Chitosan with Metals for Water Purification; 5 Recent Developments in Chitin and Chitosan Bio-Based Materials Used for Food Preservation; 6 Chitin and Chitosan as Biomaterial Building Blocks; 7 Chitosan Derivatives for Bioadhesive/Hemostatic Applications: Chemical and Biological Aspects; 8 Chitin Nanofibers as Building Blocks for Advanced Materials9 Electrical Conductivity and Polysaccharides; 10 Polysaccharide-Based Porous Materials; 11 Starch-Based Bionanocomposites: Processing and Properties; 12 Starch-Based Sustainable Materials; 13 The Potential of Xylans as Biomaterial Resources; 14 Micro- and Nanoparticles from Hemicelluloses; 15 Nonxylan Hemicelluloses as a Source of Renewable Materials; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is an archival reference for the evolving field of biomaterials ; and their applications in society, focusing on their composition, properties, characterization, chemistry and applications in bioenergy, chemicals, and novel materials and biomaterials. It has broad appeal due to the recent heightened awareness around bioenergy and biomass as potential replacements for petroleum feedstocks. The book is divided into three parts: cellulose-based biomaterials, chitin and chitosan biomaterials, and hemicelluloses and other polysaccharides. Each chapter addresses a separate biomaterial, di