Electrochemically synthesized polymers in molecular imprinting for chemical sensing

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2012 Apr;402(10):3177-204. doi: 10.1007/s00216-011-5696-6.

Abstract

This critical review describes a class of polymers prepared by electrochemical polymerization that employs the concept of molecular imprinting for chemical sensing. The principal focus is on both conducting and nonconducting polymers prepared by electropolymerization of electroactive functional monomers, such as pristine and derivatized pyrrole, aminophenylboronic acid, thiophene, porphyrin, aniline, phenylenediamine, phenol, and thiophenol. A critical evaluation of the literature on electrosynthesized molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) applied as recognition elements of chemical sensors is presented. The aim of this review is to highlight recent achievements in analytical applications of these MIPs, including present strategies of determination of different analytes as well as identification and solutions for problems encountered.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Humans
  • Molecular Imprinting
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis*
  • Polymers / chemistry

Substances

  • Polymers