Introduction - 2nd European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence International Conference (EPNOE), August 2011
Résumé
Because of recognition of the increasing economic importance of polysaccharides, the European Commission (EC) decided to support the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence, better known as EPNOE. The EC project officially started in May 2005 and ran for 4 and a half years. It involved 16 European laboratories from 9 countries (see list at http://www.epnoe.eu). The main mission of EPNOE was to promote the use of polysaccharide renewable raw materials as feedstocks for the development of advanced multifunctional materials.