We report the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging of a hydrogel-based molecularly imprinted polymer (HydroMIP) specific to the template molecule bovine haemoglobin (BHb). A novel critical point drying based sample preparation technique was employed to prepare the molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) samples in a manner that would facilitate the use of TEM to image the imprinted caviti...

Molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) microspheres for Piperine were synthesized by precipitation polymerization with a noncovalent approach. In this research Piperine was used as a template, acrylic acid as a functional monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as a cross-linker, and 2,2'-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator and acetonitrile as a solvent. The imprinted and nonimprinted po...

The siderophore-based extraction of iron from the soil by bacteria is proposed as a model for a new separation methodology labeled the soil poultice, a molecular device that would selectively retrieve the complex of a targeted metal ion. In this first feasibility study we describe the synthesis and characterization of molecularly imprinted polymers based on noncovalent interactions, and their a...

Mimicking the selectivity and sensitivity of biological systems for sensor devices is of increasing interest in biomedical, environmental and chemical analysis. Synthetic materials with imprinted nanocavities, acting as highly selective artificial receptors, are a tailor-made solution in obtaining such a sensor. Incorporation of such molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) in a platform suitable ...

Synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers vanillic acid and extraction from spiked blood serumShowkat Ahmad Bhawani, Salma Bakhtiar, Rachel Roland, Syed Rizwan Shafqat, Mohamad Nasir Ibrahim

The purpose of this short review is to present, in clear English, a summary of the principal analytical considerations pertaining to good practice for characterization of molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs). This review summarizes the previous and current literature regarding the analytical tools employed for characterization of synthesized MIPs. It is our expectation that this will facilitate ...

The rapid and sensitive detection of food contaminants is becoming increasingly important for timely prevention treatment foodborne disease. In this review, we discuss recent developments electrochemical biosensors as facile, rapid, sensitive, user-friendly analytical devices their applications in safety analysis, owing to the characteristics advances design production bioreceptors (antibodies,...