Molecularly Imprinted Overoxidized Polypyrrole Colloids: Promising Materials for Molecular Recognition

This article reviews a novel approach to molecular imprinting technology developed by the authors. Preparation, characterization, and performance of the molecularly imprinted overoxidized polypyrrole colloids is discussed to discriminate amino acid enantiomers and structural isomers of naphthalene compounds by using electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques. An overoxidized colloid, which was prepared with L-lactate as a dopant, shows a higher affinity for L-alanine than for D-alanine, and an uptake ratio (L/D) of as high as 11 was observed under optimum conditions. Furthermore, an overoxidized colloid with a cavity created by 1-naphthalenesulfonate (1-NS) showed a higher uptake for 1-NS than 2-NS. Thus, the shape-complementary cavity created at the colloid surface can precisely recognize the difference in the spatial configuration of enantiomers and structural isomers.     

电子束辐射聚合制备槲皮素-镍(Ⅱ)金属配位分子印迹聚合物及其识别性能研究

以电子束为辐照射线源,采用辐射聚合法成功制备了槲皮素-Ni(Ⅱ)金属配位分子印迹聚合物.通过紫外光谱研究了槲皮素与Ni(Ⅱ)之间的配位结构、配位作用方式及配位比,并按照1∶2的比例形成稳定配合物,同时也验证了槲皮素、Ni(Ⅱ)及功能单体甲基丙烯酸三者发生了金属配位印迹作用.利用红外光谱对产物的结构进行了表征.透射电镜、扫描电镜、吸附动力学实验分别考察辐射剂量对聚合物的微观形貌、吸附动力学性能的影响,结果表明辐射剂量对印迹聚合物的吸附性能有显著影响.同时选择性吸附实验结果显示该印迹聚合物对槲皮素-Ni(Ⅱ)配合物表现出明显的吸附选择性和特异性,最大结合量可达82.22μmol/g.对黄芩素和柚皮素的吸附选择性较差,分离因子分别为3.915和5.443.     

安定分子印迹聚合物的制备及应用

以安定为模板分子,通过本体聚合和沉淀聚合的方法合成了分子印迹聚合物材料,考察了交联剂、致孔剂及温度等条件对聚合物材料性能的影响。电镜扫描图片显示本体聚合得到的聚合物呈不规则形状,而沉淀聚合得到的则是微球颗粒,形状规则。吸附实验表明,聚合物微球对安定的最大吸附量约为130μg/g,对奥沙西泮和硝西泮的吸附量约为110μg/g,对安定类化合物具有较高的吸附性能和选择性。通过对比合成现象和聚合物性能,最终选用以DVB为交联剂、乙腈为致孔剂合成的聚合物微球为固相萃取材料填充固相萃取小柱,从饲料及猪尿样品中选择性地分离、富集痕量安定类药物。结合高效液相色谱法检测,奥沙西泮、硝西泮和安定3种药物在0.1～20 mg/L范围内线性良好,相关系数为0.999 6～0.999 9,检出限(S/N=3)为0.03～0.08 mg/L,加标回收率为66%～79%。该方法为安定类药物的检测提供了一种新途径。     

Preparation and catalytic performances of a molecularly imprinted Ru-complex catalyst with an NH2 binding site on a SiO2 surface

A catalyst surface with an active metal site, a shape-selective reaction space, and an NH(2) binding site for o-fluorobenzophenone was designed and prepared by the molecular imprinting of a supported metal complex on a SiO(2) surface. A ligand of a SiO(2)-supported Ru complex that has a similar shape to the product of o-fluorobenzophenone hydrogenation was used as a template. An NH(2) binding site for o-fluorobenzophenone was spatially arranged on the wall of a molecularly imprinted cavity with a similar shape to the template. The structures of the SiO(2)-supported and molecularly imprinted Ru catalysts were characterized in a step-by-step manner by means of solid-state magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR, XPS, UV/Vis, N(2) adsorption, XRF, and Ru K-edge EXAFS. The molecularly imprinted Ru catalyst exhibited excellent shape selectivity for the transfer hydrogenation of benzophenone derivatives. It was found that the NH(2) binding site on the wall of the molecularly imprinted cavity enhanced the adsorption of o-fluorobenzophenone, of which the reduction product was imprinted, whereas there was no positive effect in the case of o-methylbenzophenone, which cannot interact with the NH(2) binding site through hydrogen bonding.     

Synthesis of polypyrrole nanoparticles by batch and semicontinuous heterophase polymerizations

Nanoparticles of semiconducting polypyrrole (PPy) were synthesized by batch heterophase (BHP) and semicontinuous heterophase polymerization (SHP) using ferric chloride (FeCl₃), potassium persulfate (KPS), or ammonium persulfate (APS) as the oxidizing agent, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as surfactant, and ethanol (EtOH) or iso-pentyl alcohol (iC₅OH) as co-surfactants. In all cases, the molar ratios of monomer/oxidizing agent were 1/1. Pyrrol polymerization by BHP and SHP allowed using much lower percentages of surfactant than those employed in microemulsion polymerization of this monomer. The effects of temperature, oxidizing agent, and co-surfactant on conductivity were studied. The polymers were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV/Visible and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies, and cyclic voltammetry. Higher PPy conductivities were obtained by polymerizing at 0 °C with FeCl₃ as the oxidizing agent, in the presence of iC₅OH as co-surfactant. When the reaction was carried out by SHP with low reaction times, smaller particles with similar conductivities were obtained compared to those obtained by BHP; the conductivity of PPy decreases with increasing polymerization time, which can be explained by PPy overoxidation.     

Molecular imprinting polymerization by Fenton reaction

The aim of this study is the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers by employing a redox pair as initiator system. Bulk molecularly imprinted polymers were synthesized by using Fenton reagents as initiator system. Theophylline, methacrylic acid, and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate were employed as model template, functional monomer, and crosslinking agent, respectively. Conventional imprinted polymers were also prepared by using 2,2′-azoisobutyronitrile in order to evaluate the efficiency of the proposed initiator system. Redox molecularly imprinted polymers and conventional molecularly imprinted polymers were characterized by water uptake measurement, while the imprinting effect of synthesized polymers were evaluated by performing binding experiments in organic (acetonitrile) and in water (buffered water solution at pH = 7.4) media.     

Carprofen-imprinted monolith prepared by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization in room temperature ionic liquids

To obtain fast separation, ionic liquids were used as porogens first in combination with reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization to prepare a new type of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) monolith. The imprinted monolithic column was synthesized using a mixture of carprofen (template), 4-vinylpyridine, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, [BMIM]BF₄, and chain transfer agent (CTA). Some polymerization factors, such as template-monomer molar ratio, the degree of crosslinking, the composition of the porogen, and the content of CTA, on the column efficiency and imprinting effect of the resulting MIP monolith were systematically investigated. Affinity screening of structurally similar compounds with the template can be achieved in 200 s on the MIP monolith due to high column efficiency (up to 12,070 plates/m) and good column permeability. Recognition mechanism of the imprinted monolith was also investigated.     

表面分子印迹磁性纳米粒子的制备及其血红蛋白传感应用

以Fe₃O₄磁性纳米粒子为载体、多巴胺（DA）为功能单体、血红蛋白（Hb）为模板分子,用氯铂酸氧化DA生成聚多巴胺（PDA）,同时氯铂酸还原为铂纳米粒子（PtNPs）,与Hb一起负载于Fe₃O₄纳米粒子表面,洗脱Hb后合成了表面分子印迹磁性纳米粒子（印迹Fe₃O₄/PDA-PtNPs）. 将印迹Fe₃O₄/PDA-PtNPs修饰于磁性玻碳基底表面,制得印迹Fe₃O₄/PDA-PtNPs修饰电极. 实验结果表明,印迹Fe₃O₄/PDA-PtNPs具有良好的水溶性,粒径分布均匀,生成的PtNPs具有良好的导电性和刚性. 用印迹Fe₃O₄/PDA-PtNPs构建的传感器对Hb具有良好的识别性,在0.14 ~ 2.7 μg·mL^-1 Hb浓度范围与交流阻抗变化值呈良好的线性关系,检出限（S/N=3）为0.05 μg·mL^-1.     

Innovative method for the enrichment of high‐polarity bioactive molecules present at low concentrations in complex matrices

Ginsenoside Rg1 is a valuable bioactive molecule but its high polarity and low concentration in complex mixtures makes it a challenge to separate Ginsenoside Rg1 from other saponins with similar structures, resulting in low extraction efficiency. The successful development of effective Rg1 molecularly imprinted polymers that exhibit high selectivity and adsorption may offer an improved method for the enrichment of active compounds. In this work, molecularly imprinted polymers were prepared with two different methods, precipitation polymerization or surface imprinted polymerization. Comparison of the adsorption abilities showed higher adsorption of the surface molecularly imprinted polymers prepared by surface imprinted polymerization, 46.80 mg/g, compared to the 27.74 mg/g observed for the molecularly imprinted polymers prepared by precipitation polymerization. Therefore, for higher adsorption of the highly polar Rg1, surface imprinted polymerization is a superior technique to make Rg1 molecularly imprinted polymers. The prepared surface molecularly imprinted polymers were tested as a solid‐phase extraction column to directionally enrich Rg1 and its analogues from ginseng tea and total ginseng extracts. The column with surface molecularly imprinted polymers showed higher enrichment efficiency and better selectivity than a C₁₈ solid‐phase extraction column. Overall, a new, innovative method was developed to efficiently enrich high‐polarity bioactive molecules present at low concentrations in complex matrices.     

Preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers for strychnine by precipitation polymerization and multistep swelling and polymerization and their application for the selective extraction of strychnine from nux‐vomica extract powder

Monodisperse molecularly imprinted polymers for strychnine were prepared by precipitation polymerization and multistep swelling and polymerization, respectively. In precipitation polymerization, methacrylic acid and divinylbenzene were used as a functional monomer and crosslinker, respectively, while in multistep swelling and polymerization, methacrylic acid and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate were used as a functional monomer and crosslinker, respectively. The retention and molecular recognition properties of the molecularly imprinted polymers prepared by both methods for strychnine were evaluated using a mixture of sodium phosphate buffer and acetonitrile as a mobile phase by liquid chromatography. In addition to shape recognition, ionic and hydrophobic interactions could affect the retention of strychnine in low acetonitrile content. Furthermore, molecularly imprinted polymers prepared by both methods could selectively recognize strychnine among solutes tested. The retention factors and imprinting factors of strychnine on the molecularly imprinted polymer prepared by precipitation polymerization were 220 and 58, respectively, using 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0)/acetonitrile (50:50, v/v) as a mobile phase, and those on the molecularly imprinted polymer prepared by multistep swelling and polymerization were 73 and 4.5. These results indicate that precipitation polymerization is suitable for the preparation of a molecularly imprinted polymer for strychnine. Furthermore, the molecularly imprinted polymer could be successfully applied for selective extraction of strychnine in nux‐vomica extract powder.     

1-乙烯基-3-甲基咪唑离子液体/分子印迹材料用于牛血红蛋白的识别

分子印迹聚合物是一类对目标分子具备特异性辨别能力的高分子吸附剂材料.运用本体聚合法,以牛血红蛋白(BHb)为模板分子,丙烯酰胺(AAM)和碘化1-乙烯基-3-甲基咪唑离子液体在交联剂、引发剂和加速剂的作用下进行聚合,制备的分子印迹材料对牛血红蛋白(BHb)具备特异性识别功能.同时,对识别条件进行了优化和讨论.     

In-situ polymerized molecularly imprinted polymeric thin films used as sensing layers in surface plasmon resonance sensors: Mini-review focused on 2010–2011

This review provides a short overview of polymeric thin films incorporating molecular imprints within their 3D macromolecular structure as synthetic recognition elements and prepared by in situ polymerization for surface plasmon resonance application. This review starts with a brief reminder of the principle of surface plasmon resonance detection. The second section is focused on molecularly imprinted materials. Bulk and thin film polymer formats can be obtained by free radical polymerization, where the functional monomer interacts specifically with the template and the cross-linker controls the rigidity of the imprinted cavities. Grafting polymerization is presented as a method of choice for covalent attachment of ultra-thin molecularly imprinted films on a surface plasmon resonance metallic substrate. Examples of electropolymerized thin films are also provided. In the rest of this contribution, surface plasmon resonance applications of molecularly imprinted polymers reported mainly over the last two years are presented with respect to the preparation mode. Also, applications of gold nanoparticle/molecularly imprinted polymer composites for the design of surface plasmon resonance-based sensors with enhanced sensitivity due to the phenomenon of localized surface plasmon resonance induced by the presence of gold nanoparticles are summarized.     

Preparation and characterization of molecularly imprinted polymers based on β‐cyclodextrin‐stabilized Pickering emulsion polymerization for selective recognition of erythromycin from river water and milk

Molecularly imprinted polymers were prepared via β‐cyclodextrin‐stabilized oil‐in‐water Pickering emulsion polymerization for selective recognition and adsorption of erythromycin. The synthesized molecularly imprinted polymers were spherical in shape, with diameters ranging from 20 to 40 µm. The molecularly imprinted polymers showed high adsorption capacity (87.08 mg/g) and adsorption isotherm data fitted well with Langmuir model. Adsorption kinetics study demonstrated that the molecularly imprinted polymers acted in a fast adsorption kinetic pattern and the adsorption features of molecularly imprinted polymers followed a pseudo‐first‐order model. Adsorption selectivity analysis revealed that molecularly imprinted polymers had a much better specificity for erythromycin than that for spiramycin or amoxicillin, and the relative selectivity coefficient values on the bases of spiramycin and amoxicillin were 3.97 and 3.86, respectively. The Molecularly imprinted polymers also showed a satisfactory reusability after four times of regeneration. In addition, molecularly imprinted polymers exhibited good adsorption capacities for erythromycin under complicated environment, that is, river water and milk. These results proved that the as‐prepared molecularly imprinted polymers is a potent absorbent for selective recognition of erythromycin, and therefore it may be a promising candidate for practical applications, such as wastewater treatment and detection of erythromycin residues in food.     

Spherical molecularly imprinted polymers (SMIPs) via a novel precipitation polymerization in the controlled delivery of sulfasalazine

Spherical molecularly imprinted polymers (SMIPs) have been prepared via a novel precipitation polymerization using sulfasalazine (prodrug used in the diseases of the colon) as template. The sulfasalazine was incorporated into SMIPs and into a spherical non-imprinted polymer (control), and then the release rate of the bioactive agent at different pH values was evaluated. Considerable differences in the release characteristics between imprinted and non-imprinted polymers have been observed. This opens the possibility of the development of drug release systems capable of modulating the release of a specific molecule. Photomicrography of spherical molecularly imprinted polymers (SMIPs).     

Preparation of surface molecularly imprinted Ru-complex catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation in water media

Molecularly imprinted Ru-complex catalysts acting in water were prepared on a SiO(2) surface by molecular imprinting of a SiO(2)-supported Ru-complex using organic polymers as surface matrix overlayers. (R)-1-(o-fluorophenyl)ethanol, which is one of the hydrogenated products of o-fluoroacetophenone, was imprinted on the supported Ru-complex as a template, and an active Ru-complex with a shape-selective reaction space (molecularly imprinted cavity) was prepared inside the wall of the hydrophobic organic polymer matrix overlayers. Structures of the SiO(2)-supported and molecularly imprinted Ru catalysts were characterized by means of solid-state NMR, XPS, XRF, ICP, UV/vis, XAFS, TGA, and SEM. The molecularly imprinted Ru catalysts exhibited fine shape selectivity and enantioselectivity for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of o-fluoroacetophenone and its derivatives.     

Water‐compatible halloysite‐imprinted polymer by Pickering emulsion polymerization for the selective recognition of herbicides

A water‐compatible molecularly imprinted polymer was prepared by Pickering emulsion polymerization using halloysite nanotubes as stabilized solid particles. During polymerization, we used 4‐vinylpyridine as monomer, divinylbenzene as cross‐linking agent, toluene as porogen, 2,2‐azobisisobutyronitrile as initiator, 2,4‐dichlorophenoxyacetic acid as template to form the oil phase, and Triton X‐100 aqueous solution to form the water phase. The halloysite nanotubes molecularly imprinted polymer was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Kinetic and equilibrium bindings were also employed to evaluate the adsorption properties of the imprinted polymer. The imprinted polymer showed better selectivity, more rapid kinetic binding (60 min) for 2,4‐dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in pure water compared with rebinding in toluene. The imprinted polymer was used as a sorbent to enrich and separate 2,4‐dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from water, and was detected by high‐performance liquid chromatography with UV detection.     

Rapid determination of antiviral medication ribavirin in different feedstuffs using a novel magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer coupled with high‐performance liquid chromatography

A novel magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer adsorbing material was successfully synthesized to detect ribavirin in animal feedstuff. Molecularly imprinted polymer was prepared through surface polymerization by using ribavirin as template molecule, methyl methacrylate, and γ‐methacryloxypropyl trimethoxy silane functionalized magnetic mesoporous silica as bifunctional monomers, and ethylene diglycidyl ether as crosslinking agent. The prepared magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and infrared spectroscopy. Static and dynamic adsorption experiments and selective adsorption analysis were performed to evaluate the adsorption and selectivity of magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer. Different experiments were conducted to optimize the magnetic solid‐phase extraction conditions. Under optimal experimental conditions, a magnetic molecularly imprinted solid‐phase extraction coupled with high‐performance liquid chromatography method was successfully developed for ribavirin detection. The established method achieved a satisfactory linear range of 0.20–50 mg/L (R² > 0.99) and a low detection limit (0.081 mg/kg). An average recovery of 92–105% with relative standard deviation of <6.5% was obtained upon the application of the developed method to detect ribavirin in real feedstuff samples. Thus, established method can be used for the rapid and simple separation and detection of added ribavirin in feedstuff.     

表面接枝分子印迹聚合物微球的合成及评价

将聚苯乙烯-二乙烯苯微球表面功能基化, 引入引发转移终止剂(initiator-transfer-terminator agent, iniferter), 以活性自由基聚合方式研究了球形树脂表面合成印迹聚合物的方法. 在紫外光引发下, 以左旋麻黄碱为印迹分子, 甲基丙烯酸为功能单体, 在接枝Iniferter后的微球表面进行分子印迹聚合物接枝实验, 并使用不同的反应条件, 探讨了表面接枝印迹层微球制备条件对于识别能力的影响. 平衡吸附的结果表明, 表面接枝聚苯乙烯-二乙烯苯微球对于印迹分子具有亲和能力及选择性, 其识别能力来自于印迹得到的识别位点.     

Preparation of melamine molecularly imprinted polymer by computer‐aided design

Melamine was chosen as template, methacrylic acid was chosen as functional monomer, and divinylbenzene, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethylacrylate were chosen as cross‐linking agents, respectively. The WB97XD/6‐31G(d, p) method was used to calculate the geometry optimization of the different imprinting ratios, the action sites, the bonding situation, and the optimization of the cross‐linking agents. The nature of the imprinting effect was also studied by the atoms in molecules theory. The theoretical results showed that melamine interacts with methacrylic acid by hydrogen bonding, and the melamine molecularly imprinted polymers with a molar ratio of 1:6 have the most hydrogen bonds and the most stable structure. Divinylbenzene is the best cross‐linking agent for the melamine molecularly imprinted polymers. The melamine molecularly imprinted polymers were synthesized by precipitation polymerization. The results showed that the maximum adsorption capacity for molecularly imprinted polymers towards melamine is 19.84 mg/g, and the adsorption quantity of the polymers to melamine is obviously higher than that of cyromazine, cyanuric acid, and trithiocyanuric in milk. This study could provide theoretical and experimental references for the screening of the imprinting ratio and the cross‐linking agent for the given template and monomer system.     

Controllable Preparation and Application of Quercetin Molecularly Imprinted Polymer

The quercetin molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres were prepared by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer free radical polymerization combined with precipitation method (RAFTPP) with the dibenzyl trithiocarbonate (DBTTC) as RAFT reagent and quercetin as template molecule. The effects of solvents and cross-linking agent on the morphology and size of polymers were investigated, and the polymers were preliminarily screened by scanning electron microscope. The adsorption experiment and adsorption model analysis were carried out on the molecularly imprinted polymers (R-MIP) prepared under optimal condition and on the molecularly imprinted polymers prepared with a traditional precipitation polymerization (T-MIP). Consequently it was determined that, QR-MIP max was 37.71 mg g^?1 and QT-MIP max was 29.61 mg g^?1. The results showed that the R-MIP had a good adsorptive property and was obviously superior to T-MIP. R-MIP was used as solid-phase extraction filler in combination with the HPLC method to conduct enrichment, separation and measurement of the quercetin in honeysuckle and clove leaves, which effectively removed the matrix interference and the recovery rate of this method was 93.8–102.9%.