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 polysaccharide hybrid nanomaterials with distinct applications. The most recent
knowledge regarding polysaccharide-based hybrid nanomaterials with metal and metal oxide
nanoparticles (NPs) carbon nanotubes and graphene is presented as well as the main
polysaccharides namely cellulose chitin and chitosan starch and their most relevant
derivatives. The book features a description of important production methodologies properties
and applications of these types of hybrids.
