Chitin: Structure, Modifications and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Chitin is a polysaccharide found in a variety of organisms (e.g., arthropods such as shrimps, crabs, etc.). Chitin is used industrially for many different purposes. This includes water and wastewater purification, and as a food additive to stabilize the state of food and pharmaceuticals. However, due to its low solubility and extraction and purification difficulties, introducing nanotechnology, chemical modification and other methods to chitin is urgently needed to achieve better performance. If you conduct scientific research on chitin and have any interesting results, please feel free to share them for this Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Research and review papers are welcome.

Dr. Artur J. M. Valente
Dr. Xesús Feás
Guest Editors

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• chitin
• nanotechnology
• chemical modification
• chitin-based biomaterials