MINI-REVIEW CHEMICALLY MODIFIED XANTHAN AND GELLAN TO PREPARE BIOMATERIALS FOR OPHTHALMIC APPLICATIONS. Mihaela HAMCERENCU a,b,c , Marcel POPA a,d , Gerard RIESS c , Jacques DESBRIERES b,* a “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environment Protection, Department of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Bd. Prof. dr. docent Dimitrie Mangeron, nr. 73, 700050 Iasi, Romania b Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Helioparc Pau Pyrénées – IPREM - 2, av. President Angot, 64053 Pau Cedex 09, France c Université de Haute Alsace, Laboratoire de Photochimie et Ingénierie Macromoléculaires - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse, 3 rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France d Academy of Romanian Scientist, Splaiul Independentei Street 050094 Bucuresti, Romania This article is dedicated to Prof. G. RIESS. He is not only a strong contributor and well- recognized researcher in the domain of copolymers but he has also successfully investigated the polysaccharides domain. This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/pi.5927 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Accepted Article This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.