Polysaccharide Building Blocks

YOUSSEF HABIBI, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Bio-materials at North Carolina State University. His research investigates biocomposites and biomaterials engineering; cellulose nanocrystals self-assembly; natural fibers; reinforced polymer composites and nanocomposites; the isolation, analysis, treatment, and chemical modification and utilization of biomass components; and surface modification of natural fibers and their nanocrystals.LUCIAN A. LUCIA, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Biomaterials at North Carolina State University. His recent work focuses on the chemistry of wood pulping processes, with an emphasis on hydrosulfide chemistry. Dr. Lucia cofounded and coedits BioResources, dedicated to advanced applications of lignocellulosics.

• Foreword vii Preface ixContributors xi1 Recent Advances in Cellulose Chemistry 1Thomas Heinze and Katrin Petzold-Welcke2 Cellulosic Aerogels 51Falk Liebner, Emmerich Haimer, Antje Potthast, and Thomas Rosenau3 Nanocelluloses: Emerging Building Blocks for Renewable Materials 105Youssef Habibi and Lucian A. Lucia4 Interactions of Chitosan with Metals for Water Purification 127Mohammed Rhazi, Abdelouhad Tolaimate, and Youssef Habibi5 Recent Developments in Chitin and Chitosan Bio-Based Materials Used 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 Materials 227Youssef 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 Properties 287Visakh P. M., Aji P. Mathew, Kristiina Oksman, and Sabu Thomas12 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 Thomas Rosenau15 Nonxylan Hemicelluloses as a Source of Renewable Materials 387David Plackett and Natanya HansenIndex 409