Journal article
Enhancing Selectivity with Molecularly Imprinted Polymers via Non-Thermal Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma
Polymers, v 16(16), 2380
22 Aug 2024
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Abstract
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic polymers that mimic the functions of antibodies. Though MIPs are promising tools in various areas, achieving high selectivity in MIPs can be difficult. To improve selectivity, various approaches have been implemented; however, the role of polymerization methods or synthetic techniques in enhancing the selectivity of MIPs has not been studied and remains a crucial area for further research. MIPs are typically prepared from free radical reactions. Recently, we found that Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) plasma can be used to initiate the polymerization of vinyl monomers. The DBD plasma method allows the monomers to associate with the template molecules and initiate polymerization with minimal disruption to the positioning of the monomers. We hypothesize that this could be a preferred method to prepare MIPs over the traditional radical reaction that may cause a disturbance of the pre-associated monomers on the templates for the polymerization. Chicken egg white serum albumin (CESA) was used as the template protein for the MIPs. Our results show that in all test conditions, approximately twofold improvement in selectivity was achieved, which is the primary performance metric for MIPs. This enhancement was evident across all categories, including MIPs prepared from various monomer combinations.
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- Title
- Enhancing Selectivity with Molecularly Imprinted Polymers via Non-Thermal Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma
- Creators
- Samira Amiri Khoshkar VandaniQianwei Liu - Drexel UniversityYuki LamHai-Feng Ji
- Publication Details
- Polymers, v 16(16), 2380
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering; Chemistry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001305483700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85202443995
- Other Identifier
- 991021902157104721
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