Molecularly Imprinted Nanomaterials for Sensor Applications

Nanomaterials

Muhammad Irshad²  Naseer Iqbal¹  Adnan Mujahid²  Adeel Afzal¹  Tajamal Hussain²  Ahsan Sharif²  Ejaz Ahmad² 

[1] Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Defence Road, Lahore 54000, Pakistan; E-Mails:;Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan; E-Mails:

关键词: molecularly imprinted polymers;    nanotechnology;    sensors;    nanomaterials;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nano3040615

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Molecular imprinting is a well-established technology to mimic antibody-antigen interaction in a synthetic platform. Molecularly imprinted polymers and nanomaterials usually possess outstanding recognition capabilities. Imprinted nanostructured materials are characterized by their small sizes, large reactive surface area and, most importantly, with rapid and specific analysis of analytes due to the formation of template driven recognition cavities within the matrix. The excellent recognition and selectivity offered by this class of materials towards a target analyte have found applications in many areas, such as separation science, analysis of organic pollutants in water, environmental analysis of trace gases, chemical or biological sensors, biochemical assays, fabricating artificial receptors, nanotechnology, etc. We present here a concise overview and recent developments in nanostructured imprinted materials with respect to various sensor systems, e.g., electrochemical, optical and mass sensitive, etc. Finally, in light of recent studies, we conclude the article with future perspectives and foreseen applications of imprinted nanomaterials in chemical sensors.

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