Hemicellulose is the second most abundant biomass in the world. Because of its
unique chemical structure, hemicellulose has attracted more and more research
and industry application under the background of fossil resource shortage and
drawbacks. Hemicellulose
is tended to be modified with esterification, etherification, cross-linkage and so
on. These reactions change hemicellulose properties, so that it could be
applied in many fields such as medical field, films, hydrogels, conductive
polymers. Herein, we reviewed structure, isolation, reaction and applications
of hemicellulose. Especially the useful pathways to change the hydrophilic
character of hemicelluloses to hydrophobic are reviewed and several
applications of these materials are discussed.
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