Oriented Immobilization-based Molecular Imprinting for Constructing Nanocavities Capable of Precise Molecular Recognition

Nanocavities: Optomechanics goes molecular.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a technique capable of detecting and chemically identifying single molecules in the vicinity of nanostructured metal surfaces. In a typical Raman process, a photon is inelastically scattered from a molecule, exchanging energy with its vibrations and carrying away its molecular fingerprint encoded in the loss or gain of energy. In SERS, this signal i...

Selective adsorption of water-soluble ionic compounds by an interval immobilization technique based on molecular imprinting.

Uniformity recognition sites for water-soluble ionic compounds were constructed onto the pores of porous polymer particles. This concept is based on a modified interval immobilization technique, which was used for the selective recognition of paralytic shellfish poison, saxitoxins (STXs). The results of batch adsorption and solid-phase extraction for one of the STX analogues, a prepared polymer...

AFM Imaging of Biological Supramolecules by a Molecular Imprinting-Based Immobilization Process on a Photopolymer

Dual-template docking oriented molecular imprinting: a facile strategy for highly efficient imprinting within mesoporous materials.

We present a new strategy, called dual-template docking oriented molecular imprinting (DTD-OMI), for facile and highly efficient imprinting within mesoporous materials. As compared with bulk imprinting, which is a widely used strategy, DTD-OMI did not require additional steps, but provided significantly improved imprinting efficiency and binding properties.

Gas Sensors Based on Molecular Imprinting Technology

Molecular imprinting technology (MIT); often described as a method of designing a material to remember a target molecular structure (template); is a technique for the creation of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) with custom-made binding sites complementary to the target molecules in shape; size and functional groups. MIT has been successfully applied to analyze; separate and detect macromo...