Abstract
Polysaccharides are economically and abundantly produced as raw materials for use in many industrial applications. The industrial applications of various polysaccharides have been growing because of their safety, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. These polysaccharides are being derivatized in various ways to achieve tailor-made polysaccharides with improved physicochemical and functional material properties. Moreover, the chemical modifications of polysaccharides further enhance their mechanical behavior. In this context, the current chapter deals with various chemical reactions and mechanisms of tailoring (modification) of polysaccharides through derivatization of various functional groups (such as oxidation, phosphorylation, sulfation, thiolation, amidation, esterification, carboxymethylation, carbamoylethylation, etc.) in the polysaccharide structure, grafting with polysaccharides (i.e., graft copolymerization), cross-linking of polysaccharides, etc.
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