Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 2846
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Recently, the application of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) in devising selective chemosensors has been gaining more and more interest. This is because MIP chemosensors offer high selectivity and robustness and are relatively easily fabricated. Moreover, molecular imprinting can be readily combined with micro- and nanofabrication methods. This results in significant enhancement in the sensitivity of the devised chemosensors. As such, numerous examples of practical applications of MIP chemosensors in various fields were reported in the last decade.
This Special Issue aims to put together both original research and review articles on recent advances, applications, and challenges in the field of MIP sensors.
Potential topics of the Special Issue include but are not limited to:
- MIP electrochemical sensors;
- MIP microgravimetric chemosensors;
- Application of localized and surface plasmon spectroscopy (LSPR and SPR) for devising MIP chemosensors;
- Application of MIP nanoparticles in optical assays;
- Novel MIP micro- and nanofabrication methods;
- New, advanced polymers for MIP synthesis;
- Application of MIP sensors in clinical analysis, including point-of-care (POC) devises;
- Fluorescent MIPs for in vivo imaging;
- MIP chemosensors for pharmaceutical or food products quality control;
- MIP sensors in environmental studies.
Dr. Maciej Cieplak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)
- Polymer nanoparticles
- Porous polymers
- Selective chemosensors
- POC devises
- Point-of-care devises
- Biomarker detection
- Confocal fluorescence microscopy for tissue imaging
- Handheld sensors
- Infield analysis
- Optical assays
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