Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are an important functional material because of their potential implications in diverse research fields. The materials have been developed for a range of uses including separation, environmental, biomedical and sensor applications. In this book, the chapters are clustered into two main sections: Strategies to be employed when using the affinity materials, and rational design of MIPs for advanced applications. In the first part, the book covers the recent advances in producing MIPs for sample design, preparation and characterizations. In the second part, the chapters demonstrate the importance and novelty of creation of recognition imprinted on the materials and surfaces for a range of microbial detection sensors in the biomedical, environmental and food safety fields as well as sensing human odor and virus monitoring systems.
Part 1: Strategies of affinity materials
*Molecularly imprinted polymers *MIP nanomaterials *Micro- and nanotraps for solid phase extraction *Carbonaceous affinity nanomaterials *Fluorescent MIPs *MIP-based fiber optic sensors
Part 2: Rational design of MIP for advanced applications
*MIP-based biomedical and environmental sensors *Affinity adsorbents for environmental biotechnology *MIP in food safety *MIP-based virus monitoring *MIP-based drug delivery and controlled release *Biorecognition imprints on the biosensor surfaces *MIP-based sensing of volatile organic compounds in human body odour *MIP-based microcantilever sensor system
Ashutosh Tiwari is Secretary General, International Association of Advanced Materials; Chairman and Managing Director of Tekidag AB (Innotech); Associate Professor and Group Leader, Smart Materials and Biodevices at the world premier Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre, IFM-Linköping University; Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials Letters; a materials chemist and docent in the Applied Physics with the specialization of Biosensors and Bioelectronics from Linköping University, Sweden. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed primary research publications in the field of materials science and nanotechnology and has edited/authored more than 35 books on advanced materials and technology.
Lokman Uzun is an Associate Professor at Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey and Associate Editor of Advanced Materials Letters. He has received his PhD in 2008 from Institute of Science in (Bio)Chemistry, Hacettepe University and has published 105 papers in SCI journals. His research interests are mainly materials science, surface modification, affinity interaction, polymer science, especially molecularly imprinted polymers and their applications in biosensors, bioseparation, food safety, and environmental sciences. He has produced novel polymers to detect, separate and purify important biological molecules, remove or deplete toxic molecules such as heavy metal ions, bilirubin, antibiotics, organic pollutants, and undesired proteins from serum and aqueous solutions.
