Molecularly Imprinted Catalysts


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Molecularly Imprinted Catalysts: Principle, Synthesis, and Applications is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth overview of molecularly imprinted catalysts and selective catalysis, including technical details, principles of selective catalysis, preparation processes, the catalytically active polymers themselves, and important progress made in this field. It serves as an important reference for scientists, students, and researchers who are working in the areas of molecular imprinting, catalysis, molecular recognition, materials science, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.Comprising a diverse group of experts from prestigious universities and industries across the world, the contributors to this book provide access to the latest knowledge and eye-catching achievements in the field, and an understanding of what progress has been made and to what extent it is being advanced in industry. - The first book in the field on molecularly imprinted catalysts (MIPs) - Provides a systematic background to selective catalysis, especially the basic concepts and key principles of the different MIP-based catalysts - Features state-of-the art presentation of preparation methods and applications of MIPs - Written by scientists from prestigious universities and industries across the world, and edited by veteran researchers in molecular imprinting and selective catalysis




Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Composites


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Molecular Imprinted Polymer Composites: Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications covers the design of composite materials containing nanostructures and molecular imprinted polymers that has materialized the ever-sought out vision of homogeneous molecular imprinted polymers. The inherent high surface-to-volume ratio of nanostructures has served well in increasing the surface area of conventional bulk polymers. In recent decades, molecularly imprinted polymer nanocomposite materials have attracted much attention for their potential applications in the fields of separation science, sensing, drug delivery, waste water treatment and catalysis, hence this book provides a much needed update on progress. - Includes information on molecular imprinted polymer composites and their potential for commercialization - Discusses their synthesis, characterization and applications - Analyzes the effect of incorporation of different nanostructures on the thermodynamic, kinetic and adsorption behavior of imprinted sorbents




Molecularly Imprinted Sensors


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Molecular imprinting is a rapidly growing field with wide-ranging applications, especially in the area of sensor development, where the process leads to improved sensitivity, reliability, stability, and reproducibility in sensing materials. Molecularly Imprinted Sensors in Analytical Chemistry addresses the most recent advances and challenges relating to molecularly imprinted polymer sensors, and is the only book to compile this information in a single source. From fundamentals to applications, this material will be valuable to researchers working in sensing technologies for pharmaceutical separation and chemical analysis, environmental monitoring and protection, defense and security, and healthcare. Provides a systematic introduction to the different types of MIP-based sensors and reviews the basic principles behind each type of sensor Includes state-of-the-art methodology supported by comparisons and discussions from leading experts in the field Covers all types of sensing modes (optical, electrochemical, thermal, acoustic, etc.), materials and platforms Appeals to a multidisciplinary audience of scientists and graduate students in a wide variety of fields, including chemistry, biology, biomedical science and engineering, and materials science and engineering




Molecularly Imprinted Materials


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Written by pioneering experts in the field, this book offers a wide range of approaches for molecular imprinting, experimental protocols that exemplify specific techniques, and a detailed survey on molecular imprinting research and applications. It supplies a comprehensive tutorial for learning basic techniques and making new contributions to the field, as well as in-depth discussions, guidelines, and experimental protocols to help beginners gain a jump-start in the field of molecular imprinting. Molecularly Imprinted Materials: Science and Technology contains a multitude of experimental protocols illustrating specific techniques discussed in the text.




Biosensors and Molecular Imprinting


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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Biosensors and Molecular Imprinting" that was published in Sensors




Molecular Imprinting of Polymers


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One of Nature's most important talents is evolutionary development of systems capable of molecular recognition: distinguishing one molecule from another. Molecular recognition is the basis for most biological processes, such as ligandreceptor binding, substrate-enzyme reactions and translation and transcription of the genetic code and is therefore




Molecular Recognition and Polymers


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State-of-the-art techniques for tapping the vast potential of polymers The use of specific non-covalent interactions to control polymer structure and properties is a rapidly emerging field with applications in diverse disciplines. Molecular Recognition and Polymers covers the fundamental aspects and applications of molecular recognition—in the creation of novel polymeric materials for use in drug delivery, sensors, tissue engineering, molecular imprinting, and other areas. This reference begins by explaining the fundamentals of supramolecular polymers; it progresses to cover polymer formation and self-assembly with a wide variety of examples, and then includes discussions of biomolecular recognition using polymers. With chapters contributed by the foremost experts in their fields, this resource: Provides an integrated resource for supramolecular chemistry, polymer science, and interfacial science Covers advanced, state-of-the-art techniques used in the design and characterization of non-covalent interactions in polymers Illustrates how to tailor the properties of polymeric materials for various applications Stand-alone chapters address specific applications independently for easy reference. This is a premier resource for graduate students and researchers in polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, materials science, and physical organic chemistry.




Molecular Imprinting for Nanosensors and Other Sensing Applications


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Molecular Imprinting for Nanosensors and Other Sensing Applications provides fundamental knowledge on molecular imprinting, including types, preparation methods, properties and characterization techniques. The book also covers the state-of-the-art technological developments of sensors that incorporate with microfluidic systems, lab-on-a-chip-tools, and other techniques. Sections discuss the integration of molecularly imprinted polymers with current top-notch tools and platforms that facilitate their potential applications in the realms of medicine, pharmaceuticals and environmental monitoring. Topics of note include molecularly imprinted polymer-based sensor models, their functionalization methodologies, prominent characteristics, and their characterization tools. - Covers, in an in-depth manner, molecular imprinting as it relates to nanosensors - Provides an appropriate resource on the various applications of imprinted sensors, such as their use in the environment, medicine and food industry - Includes future outlooks and expectations for sensor technology




Mip Synthesis, Characteristics and Analytical Application


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Mip Synthesis, Characteristics and Analytical Application, Volume 86 in the Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on synthesis and polymerization techniques of molecularly imprinted polymers, Solid phase extraction technique as a general field of application of molecularly imprinted polymer materials, Advanced artificially receptor- based sorbents for solid phase extraction using molecular imprinting technology: a new trend in food analysis, Application of molecularly imprinted polymers in microextraction and solventless extraction techniques, Magnetic molecularly imprinted microspheres – analytical approach, Surface Imprinted Micro- and Nanoparticles, and much more. - Contains a valuable source of information on the wide spectrum of application fields of molecularly imprinted polymers as a green sorption medium - Describes the application potential of currently molecular imprinting technologies, associated with the solid phase extraction techniques, magnetic imprinted microspheres, sorbents in mass spectrometry, and imprinted polymer electrochemical sensors