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Advances in Chitin/Chitosan Characterization and Applications Edited by Marguerite Rinaudo and Francisco M. Goycoolea Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Polymers www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers Advances in Chitin/Chitosan Characterization and Applications Advances in Chitin/Chitosan Characterization and Applications Special Issue Editors Marguerite Rinaudo Francisco M. Goycoolea MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan • Barcelona • Belgrade Special Issue Editors Marguerite Rinaudo Francisco M. Goycoolea University of Grenoble Alpes University of Leeds France UK Editorial Office MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel, Switzerland This is a reprint of articles from the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360) from 2017 to 2018 (available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/ special issues/chitin chitosan) For citation purposes, cite each article independently as indicated on the article page online and as indicated below: LastName, A.A.; LastName, B.B.; LastName, C.C. Article Title. Journal Name Year, Article Number, Page Range. ISBN 978-3-03897-802-2 (Pbk) ISBN 978-3-03897-803-9 (PDF) c 2019 by the authors. Articles in this book are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. The book as a whole is distributed by MDPI under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND. Contents About the Special Issue Editors ..................................... ix Preface to ”Advances in Chitin/Chitosan Characterization and Applications” .......... xi Waldo M. Arguelles-Monal, ¨ Jaime Lizardi-Mendoza, Daniel Fern´andez-Quiroz, Maricarmen T. Recillas-Mota and Marcelino Montiel-Herrera Chitosan Derivatives: Introducing New Functionalities with a Controlled Molecular Architecture for Innovative Materials Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 342, doi:10.3390/polym10030342 ................. 1 Laia Grifoll-Romero, Sergi Pascual, Hugo Aragunde, Xevi Biarn´es and Antoni Planas Chitin Deacetylases: Structures, Specificities, and Biotech Applications Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 352, doi:10.3390/polym10040352 ................. 34 Masahiro Takeo, Kazuyuki Kimura, Shanmugam Mayilraj, Takuya Inoue, Shohei Tada, Kouki Miyamoto, Masami Kashiwa, Keishi Ikemoto, Priyanka Baranwal, Daiichiro Kato and Seiji Negoro Biosynthetic Pathway and Genes of Chitin/Chitosan-Like Bioflocculant in the Genus Citrobacter Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 237, doi:10.3390/polym10030237 ................. 63 Inmaculada Aranaz, Niuris Acosta, Concepci´on Civera, Begona ˜ Elorza, Javier Mingo, Carolina Castro, Mar´ıa de los Llanos Gand´ıa and Angeles Heras Caballero Cosmetics and Cosmeceutical Applications of Chitin, Chitosan and Their Derivatives Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 213, doi:10.3390/polym10020213 ................. 81 Massimo Malerba and Raffaella Cerana Recent Advances of Chitosan Applications in Plants Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 118, doi:10.3390/polym10020118 .................106 Javier P´erez Quinones, ˜ Hazel Peniche and Carlos Peniche Chitosan Based Self-Assembled Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 235, doi:10.3390/polym10030235 .................116 Andreja Erman and Peter Veraniˇc The Use of Polymer Chitosan in Intravesical Treatment of Urinary Bladder Cancer and Infections Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 625, doi:10.3390/polym10030265 .................148 Beatriz Santos-Carballal, Elena Fern´andez Fern´andez and Francisco M. Goycoolea Chitosan in Non-Viral Gene Delivery: Role of Structure, Characterization Methods, and Insights in Cancer and Rare Diseases Therapies Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 444, doi:10.3390/polym10040444 .................158 Nieves Iglesias, Elsa Galbis, Concepci´on Valencia, M.-Violante de-Paz and Juan A. Galbis Reversible pH-Sensitive Chitosan-Based Hydrogels. Influence of Dispersion Composition on Rheological Properties and Sustained Drug Delivery Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 392, doi:10.3390/polym10040392 .................209 v Thomas Y. A. Essel, Albert Koomson, Marie-Pearl O. Seniagya, Grace P. Cobbold, Samuel K. Kwofie, Bernard O. Asimeng, Patrick K. Arthur, Gordon Awandare and Elvis K. Tiburu Chitosan Composites Synthesized Using Acetic Acid and Tetraethylorthosilicate Respond Differently to Methylene Blue Adsorption Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 466, doi:10.3390/polym10050466 .................226 Zhaoping Song, Guodong Li, Feixiang Guan and Wenxia Liu Application of Chitin/Chitosan and Their Derivatives in the Papermaking Industry Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 389, doi:10.3390/polym10040389 .................239 Christian Enrique Garcia Garcia, F´elix Armando Soltero Mart´ınez, Fr´ed´eric Bossard and Marguerite Rinaudo Biomaterials Based on Electrospun Chitosan. Relation between Processing Conditions and Mechanical Properties Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 257, doi:10.3390/polym10030257 .................253 Rakkiyappan Chandran, Kyle Nowlin and Dennis R. LaJeunesse Nanosphere Lithography of Chitin and Chitosan with Colloidal and Self-Masking Patterning Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 218, doi:10.3390/polym10020218 .................272 Gonzalo Santos-L´opez, Waldo Arguelles-Monal, ¨ Elizabeth Carvajal-Millan, Yolanda L. L´opez-Franco, Maricarmen T. Recillas-Mota and Jaime Lizardi-Mendoza Aerogels from Chitosan Solutions in Ionic Liquids Reprinted from: Polymers 2017, 9, 722, doi:10.3390/polym9120722 ..................280 Piotr Owczarz, Patryk Zi´ołkowski, Zofia Modrzejewska, Sławomir Kuberski and Marek Dziubinski ´ Rheo-Kinetic Study of Sol-Gel Phase Transition of Chitosan Colloidal Systems Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 47, doi:10.3390/polym10010047 .................293 Byron Lapo, Hary Demey, Jessenia Zapata, Cristhian Romero and Ana Mar´ıa Sastre Sorption of Hg(II) and Pb(II) Ions on Chitosan-Iron(III) from Aqueous Solutions: Single and Binary Systems Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 367, doi:10.3390/polym10040367 .................307 Maryam Roza Yazdani, Elina Virolainen, Kevin Conley and Riku Vahala Chitosan–Zinc(II) Complexes as a Bio-Sorbent for the Adsorptive Abatement of Phosphate: Mechanism of Complexation and Assessment of Adsorption Performance Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 25, doi:10.3390/polym10010025 .................325 Hary Demey, Byron Lapo, Montserrat Ruiz, Agustin Fortuny, Muriel Marchand and Ana M. Sastre Neodymium Recovery by Chitosan/Iron(III) Hydroxide [ChiFer(III)] Sorbent Material: Batch and Column Systems Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 204, doi:10.3390/polym10020204 .................344 Itzia Rodr´ıguez-M´endez, Mar Fern´andez-Guti´errez, Amairany Rodr´ıguez-Navarrete, Raul ´ Rosales-Ib´a˜nez, Lorena Benito-Garz´on, Blanca V´azquez-Lasa and Julio San Rom´an Bioactive Sr(II)/Chitosan/Poly(ε-caprolactone) Scaffolds for Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration. In Vitro and In Vivo Behavior Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 279, doi:10.3390/polym10030279 .................365 vi Lei Zhu, Bojie Li, Shan Wang, Wei Wang, Liansheng Wang, Liang Ding and Caiqin Qin Recyclable Heterogeneous Chitosan Supported Copper Catalyst for Silyl Conjugate Addition to α,β-Unsaturated Acceptors in Water Reprinted from: Polymers 2018, 10, 385, doi:10.3390/polym10040385 .................391 vii About the Special Issue Editors Marguerite Rinaudo is a Professor at the University of Grenoble Alpes, France. She has been researching polysaccharides since 1960. In 1966, Prof. Rinaudo was awarded her PhD for her work on the fundamental properties of polyelectrolytes. For 12 years, she was the director of the Research Centre on “Macromolecules Veg´ etales”´ (CERMAV-CNRS, Grenoble, France). Prof. Rinaudo is the author and co-author of over 500 journal papers and book chapters on the following topics: properties and applications of polysaccharides and water-soluble polymers; specific chemical modifications of polysaccharides and production of adaptative materials; hydration of polysaccharides in relation to their chemical structure and their environment; polyelectrolyte complexes; rheology in solution and gel states; polysaccharide–surfactant interactions; decoration and stabilization of liposomes with polyelectrolytes; biomaterials from polysaccharides; applications of polysaccharides in cosmetics, food, and biomedicine (drug release). Francisco M. Goycoolea received his PhD from Cranfield University, UK. He has worked as a research scientist and scholar at CIAD, Mexico, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and University of Munster,¨ Germany, and has been a Professor in Biopolymers at University of Leeds, UK, since 2016. Prof. Goycoolea has published over 117 research articles, reviews, and book chapters, and serves on the editorial board of several journals of repute. His research interests and expertise focus on physicochemical and biological properties of water-soluble biopolymers (mainly polysaccharides) derived from biomass (e.g., plants, seaweeds, and bacteria) and food waste; development of soft nanostructured bioinspired materials obtained by physical, chemical, or enzymatic methods (e.g., hydrogels, polyelectrolyte complexes, colloidal micro- and nanoparticles, and emulsions); mechanistic aspects of the interaction of these biomaterials with biological systems (e.g., epithelia, mucosa, bacteria, and biofilms); colloidal nanoparticles
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