Advance in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 January 2023) | Viewed by 37901
Special Issue Editor
Interests: materiel characterization; nanomaterials sunthesis; molecularly imprinted polymers
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Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are undoubtedly an exciting class for polymers, as they possess antibody-like affinity toward particular molecules. Their very high selectivity is the fact that MIPs possess cavities that are complementary to the template molecules by size, shape, and presence of particular functional groups. The advantage of MIPs over natural antibodies is their high thermal and chemical stability, excellent reusability, and easy, low-cost synthesis. As a result, MIPs have been widely used as artificial receptors for separation purposes, as sensors, to promote catalysis, during drug development, and for screening. MIPs can be produced for various target molecules, which contrasts with the biological receptors where the target must match an available antibody.
This Special Issue invites original papers and reviews reporting on recent progress in MIPs chemistry, which, among others, include:
- Novel MIPs synthesis methods
- Examination of interactions formed by MIPs
- MIPs application in separation, drug delivery, catalysis, as sensors
- Novel MIPs applications
- Synthesis of new MIPs monomers
- Obtaining surface-imprinted materials
- Synthesis and application of imprinted hybrid materials
Dr. Michał Cegłowski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecularly imprinted polymers
- molecular imprinting
- molecular recognition
- functional polymers
- functional monomers
- selective interactions
- separation techniques
- solid-phase extraction
- drug delivery
- sensing
- ion imprinting
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