Microwave-assisted sol-gel synthesis for molecular imprinting.
Molecularly imprinted polymers have been the subject of intense research for several decades in both academic and industrial settings. In this paper, we introduce a novel microwave-assisted sol-gel method for molecular imprinting of silica microspheres. The microspheres were characterized, and their adsorption of imprint and non-imprint molecules was investigated. The dye molecules methyl orange and ethyl orange were used as templates. Good molecular imprinting was observed as evaluated by the re-adsorption of dye into the silica matrix followed by the removal of dye from the supernatant solution.
Feng
Liang
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Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, USA. fengl@uiuc.edu
Pamidighantam
Barathi
B
Lauterbur
Paul C
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