Enhanced adsorption of atrazine from aqueous solution by molecularly imprinted TiO2 film

TiO₂ film imprinted by atrazine molecule at the surface of quartz crystal was prepared using molecular imprinting and surface sol-gel process. The molecularly imprinted TiO₂ film was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and cyclic voltammetry, and the atrazine adsorption was investigated by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique. In comparison with non-imprinted TiO₂ film, the molecularly imprinted TiO₂ film exhibits high selectivity for atrazine, better reversibility and a much higher adsorption capacity for the target molecule, the adsorption equilibrium constant estimated from the in situ frequency measurement is about 6.7 × 10⁴ M⁻¹, which is thirteen times higher than that obtained on non-imprinted TiO₂ film.     

牛血清白蛋白在超薄纳米二氧化钛膜表面的印迹与吸附

基于溶胶凝胶分子印迹方法,以溶胶二氧化钛TiO2为基质印迹了牛血清白蛋白分子。用1%的NaOH溶液可有效地除去纳米TiO2印迹膜中的模板分子。采用石英晶体微天平现场技术,研究了牛血清白蛋白在超薄纳米TiO2膜表面的吸附行为。研究表明,牛血清白蛋白在印迹膜和非印迹膜上的吸附量都随溶液浓度增加而增大,印迹膜具有吸附的特异性和可再生性,其吸附量是非印迹膜的3~5倍;在非印迹膜上的吸附符合Langmuir吸附模型,而在印迹膜上的吸附符合allosteric吸附模型;牛血清白蛋白在非印迹膜上的吸附量先随pH升高而增大,当pH为5左右时达到最大值,随后吸附量又随pH的增大而减小;而在印迹膜上其吸附量仅随pH增大而增大。     

Electrodeposited sol-gel-imprinted sensing film for cytidine recognition on Au-electrode surface

A novel thin molecularly imprinted sol-gel film with specific recognition for cytidine was electrodeposited on the surface of piezoelectric quartz crystal (PQC) Au-electrode. In this method, a sufficiently negative potential was applied to the electrode surface to generate hydroxyl ions, which play the role of the catalyst for the hydrolysis and condensation of 3-(aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (APTMS). The process of the preparation of the imprinted sol-gel film was investigated in detail by using the piezoelectric quartz crystal impedance (PQCI) technique and cyclic voltammetry. The thickness of the imprinted film was controlled easily by adjusting the applied potential and the deposited time. The binding capacity and the selectivity of the electrodeposited imprinted sol-gel film were also studied in detail by using PQCI, electrochemically impedance technique and capacitance technique. The electrodeposited imprinted sol-gel film exhibited high selectivity toward cytidine in comparison to interfering substances. The dissociation constant (K_d) in the nanomolar range indicated a strong imprinted interaction existing between the electrodeposited sol-gel-imprinted film and the template cytidine.     

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.     

Molecularly imprinted TiO2 thin film by liquid phase deposition for the determination of L-glutamic acid

For the first time, the feasibility of a molecularly imprinted liquid phase deposition (LPD) thin film has been demonstrated. Thin films of titanium oxide imprinted with L-glutamic acid were prepared by the LPD method on a gold-coated quartz crystal microbalance. The imprinted molecule could be removed upon treatment with immersion in deionized water. A sensor was developed on the basis of this method and showed good sensitivity, selectivity, and reproducibility to the template molecule. An equation was deduced to characterize the interaction between molecularly imprinted films and the template by virtue of Scatchard analysis. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was introduced to show the evidence for the molecular imprinting phenomenon. The linear relationship between the frequency shifts and the concentration of analyte in the range of 10-200 microM was obtained. LPD proves to be a powerful method for imprinting titanium oxide thin films.     

基于分子印迹技术的丙溴磷压电石英晶体微天平研制

介绍了一种用于检测丙溴磷农药的分子印迹压电生物传感器的构建方法。采用沉淀聚合法合成了农药丙溴磷的分子印迹聚合物,将其固定于石英晶体微天平电极表面构建传感器;采用环境扫描电镜以及原子力显微镜对聚合物形貌、传感器电极表面形貌特征进行分析,并利用传感器对丙溴磷农药进行检测分析,其质量浓度在10~1000 ng/mL范围内,传感器频率改变与丙溴磷浓度之间的响应呈线性关系,线性方程为y=0.139ρ+2.26(r=0.9984)。结果表明,构建的分子印迹压电生物传感器能够对农药进行初步检测,具有较高的灵敏性和较好的特异识别能力。     

Recognition of Staphylococcus enterotoxin via molecularly imprinted beads

The synthesis of molecularly imprinted beads for the recognition of the protein Staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB) is described. Two kinds of organic silane (3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) and octyltrimethoxysilane (OTMS)) were polymerized on the surface of polystyrene microspheres after the SEB template was covalently immobilized by forming imine bonds. The resulting imprinted beads were selective for SEB. The Langmuir adsorption models were applied to describe the equilibrium isotherms. The results showed that an equal class of adsorption was formed in the molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) with the maximum adsorption capacity of 3.86 mg SEB/g imprinted beads. The MIP has much higher adsorption capacity for SEB than the nonimprinted polymer, and the MIP beads have a higher selectivity for the template molecule.     

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.     

Enantioselective sensor based on microgravimetric quartz crystal microbalance with molecularly imprinted polymer film

We report a novel quartz crystal microbalance sensor that provides enantioselectivity to dansylphenylalanine enantiomers by using a molecularly imprinted polymer film as a recognition element. The polymeric recognition thin film, imprinted with chiral dansyl-L-phenylalanine, was immobilised on a gold electrode modified with a photoactive precursor monolayer via a self-assembly process using photopolymerization. The fabricated sensor was able to discriminate between L- and D-dansylphenylalanine enantiomers in solution owing to the enantioselectivity of the imprinted sites. The enantiomeric composition of L- and D-enantiomeric mixtures could be quantitatively determined by the fabricated sensor. The detection limit is 5 micrograms mL-1 with a response range of 5-500 micrograms mL-1 at pH 10.0. The influence of the template concentration on the sensitivity and selectivity of the synthesised polymer membranes was investigated and optimised. The surface characteristics of the polymer coating were studied by varying the pH value of the buffer solution, and a convenient regeneration process was proposed to increase the reproducibility and reusability of the sensor by flushing with pH 2.0 buffer. The selectivity and recognition mechanism of the imprinted polymer film were studied with compounds that are structurally related to the template. The method presented in this work provides a novel means of preparing highly selective and sensitive chemical sensors via self-assembly and molecularly imprinting techniques.     

Study of adsorption behavior of bilirubin on human-albumin monolayer using a quartz crystal microbalance

The quartz crystal microbalance was employed to study the adsorption behavior of bilirubin on human-albumin layer, which was chemically bound to the self-assembled monolayer of 4-aminothiophenol on the surface of a gold electrode of the crystal via glutaraldehyde. A long-time adsorption process of bilirubin that took place on a human-albumin-modified surface was observed, and the adsorption kinetic parameters were estimated from the in situ frequency measurements. The amount of adsorbed bilirubin increased with increasing of both hydrogen ions and bilirubin concentration and was larger than that estimated based on the conclusion that there are two affinity sites for bilirubin per albumin molecule. With the present method, the displacement of bilirubin from an albumin layer caused by aspirin was also examined. QCM measurement provides a facile method for in situ monitoring of the adsorption/desorption of bilirubin on proteins layers.     

乙基膦酸分子印迹光子晶体传感器的研究

本研究结合光子晶体与分子印迹技术,制备了一种新颖有机磷毒剂光学传感器——三维分子印迹光子晶体(3D-MIPCs)凝胶膜.采用聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯胶体小球为光子晶体自组装阵列模板,以甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯和N-异丙基丙烯酰胺为混合单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯和N,N-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为混合交联剂,正辛醇和乙腈混合溶液为溶剂,光聚得到印迹聚合物.该材料对乙基膦酸响应速度快、选择性高,其对目标分子的识别作用会导致衍射光谱图的改变.随着在EPA浓度从0.5 mmol/L增加到1.5 mmol/L的过程中,反射峰强度逐渐降低,降幅达到10％,并伴随明显红移.该材料为乙基膦酸检测提供了新的思路,在神经毒剂检测及监控等领域有应用前景.     

Graphene Doped Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensor for Uric Acid

A highly sensitive uric acid molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor was prepared by using graphene doped chitosan as the functional matrix and uric acid as the template molecule; a electrodeposition technique was used to form a controllable graphene–chitosan–uric acid composited film on glassy carbon electrode whose uric acid was removed via electrochemical induce elution. Under the optimized preparation and detection conditions, the detection sensitivity of uric acid at graphene doped molecularly imprinted sensor was improved significantly compared with the undoped molecularly imprinted sensor. The mechanisms of sensitivity enhancement were studied by a.c. electrochemical impedance, adsorption model, and chronocoulometry. The observations suggest the effect of sensitivity enhancement resulted from magnified surface area and good electronic conduction of graphene. Additionally, the developed sensor exhibited specific recognition to uric acid against the competitors which consisted of structure liked substances and coexisting interference in blood serum.     

沉淀聚合制备诺氟沙星-Zn2+分子印迹聚合物及其印迹方式的研究

采用沉淀聚合的方式以诺氟沙星(NFA)-Zn2+为模板分子,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯为交联剂,分别选取酸性功能单体甲基丙烯酸与碱性功能单体4-乙烯基吡啶制备了诺氟沙星-Zn2+的分子印迹聚合物.通过紫外光谱研究发现诺氟沙星与Zn2+及两种功能单体均发生了金属配位印迹作用且形成了比例不同的印迹复合物.红外光谱的功能基团的表征结果显示,甲基丙烯酸与诺氟沙星-Zn2+形成了以诱导作用占优的三元配合物,而4-乙烯基吡啶则与诺氟沙星-Zn2+形成了共轭作用占优的三元配合物.扫描电镜及粒径分布实验表征了聚合物的物理特性,结果显示印迹聚合物的表面存在孔及孔道结构而非印迹聚合物的表面较致密不存在孔且制备的印迹聚合物的粒径均在100μm以下,其平均粒径为39μm.等温结合及选择性实验的结果表明4-乙烯基吡啶为功能单体制备的印迹聚合物的选择性识别性能优于甲基丙烯酸为功能单体制备的印迹聚合物,其特异性吸附容量和印迹指数分别为66.84μmol/g和4.207.同时在混合溶液的选择性实验中以4-乙烯基吡啶(4-VP)为功能单体制备的印迹聚合物的选择识别诺氟沙星的能力优于以甲基丙烯酸为功能单体的聚合物,其识别因子分别为3.408和2.909,而非印迹聚合物对底物的吸附量较小且识别因子均接近于1,说明非印迹聚合物对底物的识别为非选择性的.     

Rapid Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B by Two-Dimensional Molecularly Imprinted Film-Coated Quartz Crystal Microbalance

We fabricated a two-dimensional (2D) molecularly imprinted sol-gel thin film-coated quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) for the rapid detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) by combining organosilanes and the template protein SEB on the surface of piezoelectric quartz crystal (PQC) Au-electrode by in-situ immobilization. The detection process was monitored by the QCM's frequency shift (Δf). The working range of this method was 1.0 × 10^?1–1.0 × 10³ µg/mL. The detection limit was 6.1 ng/mL, which was lower than that of the PQC immunosensor, and the detection period was within 0.5 h. The reproducibility of the imprinted film-coated QCM was satisfactory due to no significant statistical difference (P > 0.05) in the rapid detection of SEB between intra- and inter-batch. The selectivity of the imprinted sol-gel film showed that it could discriminate the template molecule from its analogues and other guest molecules. Compared with immunochip, the imprinted film-coated QCM is more advantageous in terms of simplicity, rapidity, low cost, and sensitivity. Moreover, in real sample analysis, the recoveries of this method were 89.4–106.63%, which can be considered a favorable and applicable method for the rapid determination of SEB in real samples.     

活性自由基聚合法制备多壁碳纳米管表面槲皮素分子印迹聚合物及其应用

为了制备能有效分离富集药草中槲皮素的固相萃取柱,以丙烯酰胺(AM)修饰的碳纳米管为载体,三硫代碳酸酯(DBTTC)为可逆加成-断裂链转移剂(RAFT试剂),槲皮素为模板,甲基丙烯酸(MAA)为功能单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯(EGDMA)为交联剂,乙腈为致孔剂,制备了槲皮素分子印迹聚合物,采用红外光谱、扫描电镜和热重分析对印迹材料进行表征,通过高效液相色谱(HPLC)研究聚合物的吸附性能和对底物的特异性识别能力。结果表明,通过活性自由基聚合法合成的多壁碳纳米管表面槲皮素分子印迹聚合具有更好的形态结构和吸附性能,且对槲皮素有很好的特异性识别能力。     

Determination of surface area and porosity of small, nanometer-thick films by quartz crystal microbalance measurement of gas adsorption

The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of 15 nm-thick films made of TiO2/polyelectrolyte bilayer was determined by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurement of N2 and Ar adsorption isotherms at 77 K. The measurements were carried out using a home-built vacuum chamber that includes built-in 9 MHz QCM and cryostat units. As little as 1 ng of the adsorbed gas could be detected, and the BET surface area of a flat Au film (ca. 0.5 cm2) on an oscillator was determined within an experimental error of +/-5%. The titania/polymer composite film gives N2 and Ar adsorption isotherms consisting of a less-pronounced type-I curve and a break at around p/p0 = 0.7. This behavior is ascribed to the presence of irregular micropores and 6 nm phi-mesopores in the composite film. An analysis of the isotherms shows that the porosity of the composite film is about 12%, which is much smaller than that of bulk titania gel powder. The greater density appears to be related to the reported superior properties (robustness and resistance to electrical breakdown) of the organic/inorganic multilayer film. We conclude that the QCM-based, high-precision measurement of gas adsorption is a powerful tool for investigation of the detailed morphology of nanometer-thick films.     

Ordered macroporous quercetin molecularly imprinted polymers: Preparation,characterization, and separation performance

Ordered macroporous molecularly imprinted polymers were prepared by a combination of the colloidal crystal templating method and the molecular imprinting technique by using SiO₂ colloidal crystal as the macroporogen, quercetin as the imprinting template, acrylamide as the functional monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as the cross‐linker and tetrahydrofuran as the solvent. Scanning electron microscopy and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller measurements show that the ordered macroporous molecularly imprinted polymers have a more regular macroporous structure, a narrower pore distribution and a greater porosity compared with the traditional bulk molecularly imprinted polymers. The kinetic and isothermal adsorption behaviors of the polymers were investigated. The results indicate that the ordered macroporous molecularly imprinted polymers have a faster intraparticle mass transfer process and a higher adsorption capacity than the traditional bulk molecularly imprinted polymers. The ordered macroporous molecularly imprinted polymers were further employed as a sorbent for a solid‐phase extraction. The results show that the ordered macroporous molecularly imprinted polymers can effectively separate quercetin from the Gingko hydrolysate.     

Effect of the size of molecularly imprinted polymers sensing materials on piezoelectric quartz crystal sensor performance.

The effect of the size of the molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) on the piezoelectric quartz crystal (PQC) sensor performance was investigated. Erythromycin imprinted polymers microspheres with different sizes were synthesized by precipitation polymerization. The size of the MIPs was characterized by using transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis. Being coated with a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane containing MIPs, the proposed PQC sensor can selectively adsorb the template molecule. Investigation of the performance of sensors modified with different sizes of MIPs showed that PQC sensor modified with smaller size MIPs exhibited better performance and excellent selectivity. Other influencing factors on sensor functions modified with different sizes MIPs were also investigated.     

分子印迹膜协同银增强电化学信号高灵敏特异性检测啶虫脒

以啶虫脒为模板分子,壳聚糖为功能单体,戊二醛为交联剂,协同Ag颗粒增强导电性,在丝网印刷电极表面合成分子印迹膜,研制了测定啶虫脒的分子印迹传感器。通过循环伏安法(CV)对传感器的性能进行研究,在扫描速率100 mV/s的最优条件下,CV测试表明,啶虫脒浓度在0.01~1.0μmol/L的浓度范围内呈现良好的线性关系(线性相关系数R^2=0.9342)。分子印迹传感器具有良好的印迹效果,相较于其他农药如吡虫啉、水胺硫磷、乙草胺,对啶虫脒有较高的特异性识别能力。构建了啶虫脒分子印迹传感器的动力学吸附模型,测得传感器的印迹因子(β)为3.61,结合速率(k)为19.46 s。传感器用于水样中啶虫脒的测定,加标回收率在92.9%~100.4%。     

4-甲基咪唑磁性表面分子印迹聚合物的制备及其应用

以4-甲基咪唑(4-MI)为模板分子,甲基丙烯酸(MAA)为功能单体,利用Fe₃O₄磁性纳米微球制备了具有特异性识别能力的磁性表面分子印迹聚合物(MIP),并用红外光谱(FT-IR)、X-射线衍射(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和振动样品磁强计(VSM)对聚合物进行了表征,结果显示磁性载体表面包覆了分子印迹聚合物薄层。用紫外分光光度法对4-MI与MAA的相互作用进行了分析,结果表明主客体主要存在形式为1个4-MI被1个MAA所包围。通过紫外分光光度法对磁性印迹聚合物的吸附性能进行了研究,静态吸附平衡实验和Scatchard分析结果表明Fe₃O₄@(4-MI-MIP)中存在两类不同的结合位点,最大吸附量分别为40.31 mg/g和23.07 mg/g,平衡解离常数分别为64.85 mg/L和30.41 mg/L。动力学研究表明准二级动力学方程能较好地拟合动力学实验结果,该过程符合准二级动力学模型。该磁性印迹聚合物应用于环境水样中4-MI的吸附,取得了较满意的结果。