Imprinted Materials: Tailoring Right Material for Selected Target and Application
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2018) | Viewed by 386
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Molecularly Imprinted Materials, nowadays, comprise a wide spectrum of organic, inorganic and hybrid materials fabricated using a variety of imprinting techniques and produced in different physical forms (bulk materials, hydrogels, nanoparticles, films, membranes, etc.), optimal for final target application. In spite of the widespread, but erroneous and misleading statements about the simplicity of MIP fabrication, the development of imprinting protocols is a challenging task that demands a clear understanding of the process physics and chemistry and also knowledge of the available imprinting techniques/synthetic approaches. The selection of right imprinting approach is a key component in the successful tailoring of optimal imprint for selected targets and applications.
This Special Issue of Materials is going to provide a collection of high quality full research papers, communications and critical reviews covering various imprinting approaches leading to imprinting materials intended for a large panel of applications.
It is a pleasure to invite you to contribute a paper to this Special Issue on “Imprinted Materials: Tailoring the Right Material for Selected Targets and Applications”.
Prof. Andreas Tsakalof
Dr. Luminita DUMA
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecular imprinting technology
- molecularly imprinted materials (MIM)
- fabrication and applications of imprinted materials
- rational design of imprinted materials
- evaluation of the imprinting efficiency
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