Molecularly Imprinted Plasmonic Sensors as Nano-Transducers: An Effective Approach for Environmental Monitoring Applications

Molecularly imprinted plasmonic nanosensors are robust devices capable of selective target interaction, and in some cases reaction catalysis. Recent advances control nanoscale structure have opened the door for development a wide range chemosensors environmental monitoring. The soaring rate pollution through human activities its negative impact on ecosystem demands an urgent interest developing rapid efficient techniques that can easily be deployed in-field assessment monitoring purposes. Organophosphate pesticides (OPPs) play significant role agricultural use; however, they also present threats to health due their chemical toxicity. Plasmonic sensors thus vital analytical detection tools been explored many applications OPP excellent properties such as high sensitivity, selectivity, recognition capability. polymers (MIPs) significantly recognized highly efficient, low-cost, sensitive synthetic sensing technique has adopted array contaminants, specifically very small molecule detection. In this review, general concept MIPs synthesis, summary OPPs pollution, with MIPs, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) MIP sensors, nanomaterial-based elucidated according recent literature. addition, conclusion future perspectives section at end summarizes scope molecularly applications.