An Update on Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Design through a Computational Approach to Produce Molecular Recognition Material with Enhanced Analytical Performance

Molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) computational design is expected to become a routine technique prior to synthesis to produce polymers with high affinity and selectivity towards target molecules. Furthermore, using these simulations reduces the cost of optimizing polymerization composition. There are several computational methods used in MIP fabrication and each requires a comprehensive study in order to select a process with results that are most similar to properties exhibited by polymers synthesized through laboratory experiments. Until now, no review has linked computational strategies with experimental results, which are needed to determine the method that is most appropriate for use in designing MIP with high molecular recognition. This review will present an update of the computational approaches started from 2016 until now on quantum mechanics, molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics that have been widely used. It will also discuss the linear correlation between computational results and the polymer performance tests through laboratory experiments to examine to what extent these methods can be relied upon to obtain polymers with high molecular recognition. Based on the literature search, density functional theory (DFT) with various hybrid functions and basis sets is most often used as a theoretical method to provide a shorter MIP manufacturing process as well as good analytical performance as recognition material.     

Phosphonate electrochemical recognition by molecularly imprinted deposited film

In this paper, thin films of titanium oxide imprinted with O,O-dimethyl-(2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetoxyl)(3′-nitrobenyl) methinephosphonate (Phi-NO₂) were prepared via liquid phase deposition (LPD) method on a glassy carbon electrode. The imprinted molecular in the films was removed by treatment with immersion in CH₂Cl₂. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electrochemical methods were introduced to show the evidence of the molecular imprinting phenomenon. It was also found that the recognition ability of the sensor depended on the substituents associated with tridimensional structures of the nitro-compounds. Under the optimized condition, the sensor showed better sensitivity, selectivity and reproducibility to the imprinted molecule and the linear relationship between the current and the concentration of analyte in the range of 0.1-50 μM was obtained. LPD proved to be a powerful method for imprinting titanium oxide thin sense films.     

一种新型手性功能单体的合成

以手性芳胺为母体,丙烯酰氯为酰化试剂,合成了新型手性功能单体(1)。用1合成了一系列手性分子印迹聚合物。1的结构经1H NMR,IR,MS及元素分析确证。     

腈菌唑分子印迹聚合物的制备及识别性能研究

以腈菌唑为模板分子，采用原位分子印迹技术，制备具有特定识别性能的连续棒状分子印迹聚合物。考察了流动相中酸量对分离的影响，研究了几种结构类似物在所得分子印迹柱上的保留特性。结果表明，这种棒状分子印迹聚合物比相应的空白聚合物有高的识别性能和选择性。     

LC Packing Materials for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

 The author has prepared novel liquid chromatography (LC) packing materials for pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis. Those include LC packing materials for direct serum injection assays of drugs and their metabolites, LC packing materials for resolution of enantiomeric drugs, and uniformly sized molecularly imprinted polymers for drugs and their metabolites.     

基于MCM-41分子筛表面的镱离子印迹聚合物的制备及其性能

运用离子印迹技术,以3-氯丙基三乙氧基硅烷为锚定剂,将功能单体直链聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)接枝在MCM-41分子筛表面,选择镱离子作为模板离子,以环氧氯丙烷交联制备出基于MCM-41表面的镱离子印迹聚合物Yb(Ⅲ)-IIP-PEI/MCM-41,并以同样的方法制备非离子印迹聚合物(NIP-PEI/MCM-41)。 利用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪和扫描电子显微镜等技术手段对Yb³⁺印迹聚合物进行表征,采用静态吸附法确定了Yb(Ⅲ)-IIP-PEI/MCM-41对Yb³⁺的最佳吸附条件及选择性吸附性能。 结果表明,Yb(Ⅲ)-IIP-PEI/MCM-41和NIP-PEI/MCM-41的最大吸附量分别为229.93和99.27 mg/g;印迹材料对Yb³⁺的吸附符合Langmuir模型;吸附平衡在40 min的时候基本可以达到,可以利用准二级动力学模型来描述其吸附过程;Yb(Ⅲ)-IIP-PEI/MCM-41对Yb³⁺具有较强的选择性,同时也具有很好的重复使用性能。 成功地将MCM-41和离子印迹聚合物的优点结合起来,制备出一种对稀土Yb离子既有高吸附量又有高选择性的吸附材料,为进一步将其应用在处理实际废水,分离回收低浓度稀土废水中的稀土元素等方面打下了基础。     

分子印迹聚合物传感器的研究与发展

综述了分子印迹聚合物的历史发展、制备方法、聚合体系的选择、性能表征及作用机理。主要介绍了其作为传感器敏感膜方面的应用,并对需解决的问题提出了建议。     

Biomimetic piezoelectric quartz sensor for caffeine based on a molecularly imprinted polymer

A piezoelectric quartz sensor coated with molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for caffeine was developed. The MIP was prepared by co-polymerizing methacrylic acid (MAA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA) in the presence of azobis(isobutyronitrile) as initiator, caffeine as template molecule, and chloroform as solvent. The MIP suspension in polyvinyl chloride/tetrahydrofuran (6:2:1 w/w/v) solution was spin coated onto the surface of the electrode of a 10 MHz AT-cut quartz crystal. The sensor exhibited a linear relationship between the frequency shift and caffeine concentration in the range of 1×10^–7 mg mL^–1 up to 1x10^–3 mg mL^–1 [correlation coefficient (r)=0.9935] in a stopped flow measurement mode. It has a sensitivity of about 24 Hz/ln(concentration, mg mL^–1). A steady-state response was achieved in less than 10 min. The performance characteristic of the sensor shows a promising and inexpensive alternative method of detecting caffeine. Surface studies were carried out for the reagent phase of the sensor using SEM, AFM, and XPS analysis in order to elucidate the imprinting of the caffeine molecule. The SEM micrograph, AFM image, and XPS spectra confirmed the removal of caffeine by Soxhlet extraction in the imprinting process and the rebinding of caffeine to the MIP sensing layer during measurement.     

水杨酸分子印迹分离介质的水相制备及色谱行为

以水杨酸为模板分子,2-乙烯基吡啶为功能单体,在甲醇/水体系中制备了水杨酸分子印迹聚合物,并将其作为高效液色谱分离介质研究了其对水杨酸及水杨酸的位置异物体———对羟基苯甲酸的色谱行为。结果表明,该聚合物固定相表现出良好的分离选择性,能够使水杨酸与对羟基苯甲酸快速基线分离。通过对流动相组成与色谱分离效果关系的探讨,证实溶质与印迹固定相的疏水相互作用是分子识别的主要作用力。     

儿茶素活性成分分子印迹聚合物的固相萃取研究

以表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(Epigallocatechin-gallate,EGCG)为模板分子,α-甲基丙烯酸为功能单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯为交联剂,在光冷引发条件下合成EGCG分子印迹聚合物,利用该聚合物制成分子印迹固相萃取柱,用于固相萃取茶叶提取物茶多酚,对萃取柱中的清洗液、洗脱剂、上载量等进行了选择.结果表明,在萃取柱上载样品之后,先用V(甲醇):V(水)＝1:9溶液进行清洗,再用V(甲醇):V(乙酸)＝9:1混合液进行目标分子的洗脱,可以得到比较纯的目标物质EGCG(色谱峰相对峰面积达92.4%),萃取柱在上载样品并进行清洗、洗脱之后,EGCG的回收率达69.3%.分子印迹柱具有较好的稳定性和耐用性能,使用20次后其选择性识别能力仍未降低,但空白印迹柱却没有这样的选择性识别能力.