Levan is a fructose homopolysaccharide which gained attention recently for its unusual
combination of properties distinguishing it from other natural biodegradable polysaccharides …

Medical adhesives and sealants often require that long-term adhesiveness is achieved. In
this work, nanostructured coatings consisting of chitosan and the adhesive bacterial …

Bacterial levan is a fructose homopolymer that offers great potential in biotechnological
applications due to biocompatibility, biodegradability and non-toxicity. This biopolymer …

The stickiest natural polysaccharide, levan, plays a role in metalloproteinase activation,
which is an important step involved in the healing of injured tissue. However, levan is easily …

Polysaccharides are essential components with diverse functions in living organisms and
find widespread applications in various industries. They serve as food additives, stabilizers …

This work is the first reporting the use of layer-by-layer to produce adhesive free-standing
(FS) films fully produced using natural-based macromolecules: chitosan (CHI), alginate …

Plastic pollution is increasing day by day and the search for new, environmentally friendly
products continues. Herein, for the first time, different degrees of mucilage were obtained …

The potential opportunities for synthetic adhesives have increased abruptly due to the
variety of strengths provided by them. These adhesives release toxic fumes, such as …

Biobased Adhesives Unique and comprehensive book edited by acknowledged leaders on
biobased adhesives that will replace petroleum-based adhesives. This book contains 23 …

Synthesis of nanostructured thin films of pure and oxidized levan exopolysaccharide by
matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation is reported. Solutions of pure exopolysaccharides …