The European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE)

Foreword B. Lindman.- Chapter 1 Challenges and opportunities in building a multinational, interdisciplinary research and education network: the case of EPNOE. Patrick Navard.- Chapter 2 Etymology of main polysaccharide structures. Pierre Avenas.- Chapter 3 Polysaccharide: overview of molecular and supermolecular structures. Terminology. Thomas Heinze, Katrin Petzold-Welcke, Jan E.G. van Dam.- Chapter 4 Chemical characterisation of polysaccharides. Axel Russler, Anna Bogolitsyna, Gerhard Zuckerstatter, Antje Potthast, Thomas Rosenau.- Chapter 5 Preparation, properties and rheology of cellulose and cellulose derivative solutions.- Chapter 6 Polysaccharides: film and fibre spinning. Frank Wendler, Thomas Schulze, D. Ciechanska Ewa Wesolowska, Dariusz Wawro, Frank Meister.- Chapter 7 Polysaccharides in textiles. Fras Zemljic Lidija, Hribernik Silvo, Manian Avinash P., Ozturk Hale Bahar, Persin Zdenka, Sfiligoj Smole Majda, Stana Kleinscheck Karin, Bechtold Thomas, Siroka Barbora, Siroky Jan.- Chapter 8 Cellulose and other polysaccharides surface properties and their characterisation. Karin Stana-Kleinschek, Doris Breitwieser, Ales Doliska, Heike M.A. Ehmann, Hubert Fasl, Lidija Fras-Zemjlic, Rupert Kargl, Tamilselvan Mohan, Stefan Spirk, Volker Ribitsch.- Chapter 9 Pulp fibres for papermaking and cellulose dissolution. Pedro Fardim, Anna Suurnakki, Tim Liebert, Thomas Heinze.- Chapter 10 Cellulose: chemistry of cellulose derivatisation. T. Heinze, A. Koschella, T. Liebert, V. Harabagiu, S. Coseri.- Chapter 11 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.