Foreword
B. Lindman
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Introduction
Challenges and opportunities in building a multinational, interdisciplinary research and education network on polysaccharides.
Julie Navard,
Patrick Navard
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Chapter 1
Etymology of main polysaccharide names.
Pierre Avenas
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Chapter 2
Polysaccharides: molecular and supermolecular structures. Terminology.
Thomas Heinze, Katrin Petzold-Welcke,
Jan E.G. van Dam
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Chapter 3
Chemical characterisation of polysaccharides.
Axel Rußler, Anna Bogolitsyna, Gerhard Zuckerstätter, Antje Potthast, Thomas Rosenau
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Chapter 4
Preparation and properties of cellulose solutions.
Patrick Navard, Frank Wendler, Frank Meister, Maria Bercea, Tatiana Budtova
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Chapter 5
Cellulose products from solutions: film, fibres an aerogels.
Frank Wendler, Thomas Schulze, D. Ciechanska Ewa Wesolowska, Dariusz Wawro, Frank Meister, Tatiana Budtova, Falk Liebner
Chapter 6
Polysaccharide fibres in textiles.
Fras Zemljic Lidija, Hribernik Silvo, Manian Avinash P., Öztürk Hale Bahar, Persin Zdenka, Sfiligoj Smole Majda, Stana Kleinscheck Karin, Bechtold Thomas, Siroká Barbora, Siroký Ján
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Chapter 7
Cellulose and other polysaccharides surface properties and their characterisation.
Karin Stana-Kleinschek, Heike M.A. Ehmann, Stefan Spirk, Ales Doliska, Hubert Fasl, Lidija Fras-Zemjlic, Rupert Kargl, Tamilselvan Mohan, Doris Breitwieser, Volker Ribitsch
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Chapter 8
Pulp fibres for papermaking and cellulose dissolution.
Pedro Fardim, Tim Liebert, Thomas Heinze
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Chapter 9
Cellulose: chemistry of cellulose derivatisation
. T. Heinze, A. Koschella, T. Liebert, V. Harabagiu, S. Coseri
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Chapter 10
Chitin and chitosan as functional biopolymers for industrial applications.
I.Kardas, M.H. Struszczyk, M. Kucharska, L.A.M. van den Broek, J.E.G. van Dam, D. Ciechanska.-
Chapter 11
Polysaccharide acting enzymes and their applications
A. Koivula, S. Voutilainen, J. Pere, K. Kruus, A. Suurnäkki, L.A.M. van den Broek, Robert Bakker, Steef Lips
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