Elsevier Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides

Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides provides a detailed resource for those interested in the design and preparation of polysaccharides for state-of-the-art applications. The book begins with an introductory section covering sources, chemistry, architectures, bioactivity, and chemical modifications of polysaccharides. Subsequent parts of the book are organized by field, with chapters focusing on specific applications across food, medicine, and the environment. This is an extremely valuable book for researchers, scientists, and advanced students in biopolymers, polymer science, polymer chemistry, biomaterials, materials science, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, cosmetics, medicine, food science, and environmental science. This important class of biopolymer can offer attractive properties and modification potential, enabling its use in groundbreaking areas across food, medical, and environmental fields. The book will be of interest to scientists, R&D professionals, designers, and engineers who utilize polysaccharide-based materials. Review Draws on cutting-edge research to offer in-depth approaches to designing and preparing polysaccharides for a range of applications From the Back Cover <p><i>Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides</i> provides a detailed resource for those interested in the design and preparation of polysaccharides for state-of-the-art applications. This important class of biopolymer can offer attractive properties and modification potential, enabling its use in groundbreaking areas across food, medical and environmental fields.</p> <p>The book begins with an introductory section covering sources, chemistry, architectures, bioactivity, and chemical modifications of polysaccharides. The subsequent parts of the book are organized by field, with each section offering individual chapters focusing on a specific application, across the areas of food, medical and environment.</p> <p>This is an extremely valuable book for researchers, scientists, and advanced students, in biopolymers, polymer science, polymer chemistry, biomaterials, materials science, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, cosmetics, medicine, food science, and environmental science. In industry, this is of interest to scientists, R&D professionals, designers and engineers, looking to utilize polysaccharide-based materials.</p> About the Author Dr. Kunal Pal is Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in 2006, before joining Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, as a post-doctoral fellow in 2007. During his tenure at Ryerson University, he served as Vice-Chair (Elect), HQPA, AFMNet Network of Excellence, Canada. He joined the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, in 2009 as an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering. His group is working in the fields of soft materials and controlled delivery systems for food and pharmaceutical applications. He has published over 150 articles in SCI-cited journals of high repute, book chapters, edited books, and papers at peer-reviewed conferences. Prof. Indranil Banerjee did his Ph. D. in Biotechnology (Tissue Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in the year 2011. Presently, is holding the position of an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering at National Institute of Technology- Rourkela. He is the Professor-in-Charge of the Bioprocess Laboratory and Biomicrofludics Laboratory. His group is actively involved in understanding the cell physiology in response to biomaterials developed on a length scale (nano to macro). He was a visiting scientist in Maxplanck Institute of Intelligent System, Germany. Dr. Banerjee has authored