Polysaccharide Based Hybrid Materials Metals and Metal Oxides, Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes /

• Main Authors: Vilela, Carla (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Pinto, Ricardo João Borges (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Pinto, Susana (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Marques, Paula (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Silvestre, Armando (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), da Rocha Freire Barros, Carmen Sofia (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Biobased Polymers,
• Subjects: Polymers .; Nanotechnology.; Carbohydrates.; Structural materials.; Polymer Sciences.; Carbohydrate Chemistry.; Structural Materials.

This brief explores polysaccharides, the most abundant family of naturally occurring polymers, and explains how they have gained considerable attention in recent decades as a source of innovative bio-based materials. The authors present a range of material including an extensive array of polysacchar...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Polysaccharides-based hybrids with metal nanoparticles
• 3. Polysaccharides-based hybrids with metal oxide nanoparticles
• 4. Polysaccharides-based hybrids with graphene
• 5. Polysaccharides-based hybrids with carbon nanotubes
• 6. Conclusions and future perspectives.