A series of the polymers imprinted with diphenylamine (DPA) and respective non imprinted polymers were synthesized using precipitation polymerization. Synthesized polymers were characterized by Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy with Total Attenuated Reflectance (FTIR-ATR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and equilibrium batch re-binding experiments. Influence of the synthesis conditio...

Portable biomimetic sensor devices for the express control of phenols content in water were developed. The synthetic binding sites mimicking active site of the enzyme tyrosinase were formed in the structure of free-standing molecularly imprinted polymer membranes. Molecularly imprinted polymer membranes with the catalytic activity were obtained by co-polymerization of the complex Cu(II)-catecho...

Dr Al Kobaisi investigated the synthesis and characterisation of a series of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs). He employed surface area determinations and other physico-chemical measurements to comprehensively explore the factors influencing their porosity, pore-size distribution and selectivity. In the course of the investigation, an MIP was developed which, when coated as a thin film on ...

Many efforts have been made to produce artificial materials with biomimetic properties for applications in binding assays. Among these efforts, the technique of molecular imprinting has received much attention because of the high selectivity obtainable for molecules of interest, robustness of the produced polymers, simple and short synthesis, and excellent cost efficiency. In this review, progr...

The detection of specific proteins as biomarkers of disease, health status, environmental monitoring, food quality, control of fermenters and civil defence purposes means that biosensors for these targets will become increasingly more important. Among the technologies used for building specific recognition properties, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are attracting much attention. In this ...

Molecular imprinting is a technique used to synthesize polymers that display selective recognition for a given molecule of interest. In this study, the role of hydrogel electrostatic charge density on the recognition and selectivity properties of protein-imprinted hydrogels was explored, and the effect of variations of the template extraction protocol on the MIP recognition properties were also...

Volume 4 • Issue 8 • 1000264 Pharm Anal Acta ISSN: 2153-2435 PAA, an open access journal *Corresponding author: Suedee R, Molecular Recognition Materials Research Unit, Nanotec-PSU Center of Excellence on Drug Delivery System, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand, Tel: 66-74-288-862; Fax: 66-74...

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have proven useful as receptor materials in chemical sensing and been reported for a wide range of applications. Based on their simplicity stability compared to other types, they bear huge application potential related ongoing digitalization. This is the case especially conductive molecularly (cMIPs), which allow easy connection commercially available platf...

The numerous hydroxyl groups available in cyclodextrins are active sites that can form different types of linkages. They can be crosslinked with one another, or they can be derivatized to produce monomers that can form linear or branched networks. Moreover, they can form inclusion complexes with polymers and different substrates, modifying their physicochemical properties. This review shows the...

Here we introduce microelectrospotting as a new approach for preparation of protein-selective molecularly imprinted polymer microarrays on bare gold SPR imaging chips. During electrospotting both the gold chip and the spotting tip are electrically connected to a potentiostat as working and counter electrodes, respectively. The spotting pin encloses the monomer-template protein cocktail that upo...