title: Biomimetic receptors and sensors.
abstract: In biomimetics, living systems are imitated to develop receptors for ions, molecules and bioparticles. The most pertinent idea is self-organization in analogy to evolution in nature, which created the key-lock principle. Today, modern science has been developing host-guest chemistry, a strategy of supramolecular chemistry for designing interactions of analytes with synthetic receptors. This can be realized, e.g., by self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) or molecular imprinting. The strategies are used for solid phase extraction (SPE), but preferably in developing recognition layers of chemical sensors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Waehringer. Str. 38, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Franz.Dickert@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Franz L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Dickert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D014159:Transducers
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface