Author(s)

Lisong Hu, Menghao Du, Jinping Zhang

Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry Chinese Academy of Forestry, Fuyang, China.

Hemicellulose is one of the most abundant natural resources, which extensively exist in the pant tissues as the compositions of the cell wall filling between lignin and cellulose. In this review, the hemicellulose based hydrogels was illustrated in details including the hemicellulose derivatives (such as precursor of hemicellulose based hydrogel), hydrogels fabrication methods, origin of hemicellulose, composite hydrogels, and so on. In addition, the authors as well overviewed the new methods for fabrication of hemicellulose based hydrogels and special functional hemicellulose based hydrogels.

Hemicellulose, Hydrogels, Graft polymers, Swelling, Conductivity

Hu, L. , Du, M. and Zhang, J. (2018) Hemicellulose-Based Hydrogels Present Status and Application Prospects: A Brief Review. Open Journal of Forestry, 8, 15-28. doi: 10.4236/ojf.2018.81002.