Guest Editors
Marcos Fernando de Souza Teixeira
Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry – School of Science and Technology, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Teixeira obtained his PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry in 2000 at the Federal University of São Carlos. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at São Paulo State University (UNESP) – Campus of Presidente Prudente. His research interests include the development of chemical sensing concepts, electrochemical sensors based on polymeric sensing phases and environmental electroanalytical. He has worked on chemosensors with transduction by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
André Olean-Oliveira
Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry – School of Science and Technology , Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mr. André Olean-Oliveira received his graduate degree in Chemistry from São Paulo State University in 2016. At present, he is a PhD student in Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at São Paulo State University. His research interests include chemical sensors (electrochemical, chemiresistor, impedimetric), and development of new materials as a potential sensor-based platform.
Collection Overview
In recent years, there has been exponential growth in research related to the development of sensors based on molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). With emerging technological advances, new techniques for the synthesis of MIPs have been proposed, with significant improvement in the ability to recognize target molecules by identifying specific cavities formed in the polymer. Among the strategies for the synthesis of MIPs, those based on electrochemical techniques (e-MIPs) are of particular interest. Electrochemical techniques are attractive due to their capacity to exercise a high level of control over the structure of the cavities as well as the amount of material deposited on the substrate. Also, they facilitate simple, low-cost, high-yield routes of synthesis. This Methods Collection aims to assemble high-quality research papers covering both applied and fundamental aspects of electrochemical molecularly imprinting technology, including electro-polymerization strategies by voltammetry and chronoamperometry techniques, as well as a response mechanism of detection using faradaic or non-faradaic approaches.
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Abstracts
Design of imprinting matrix for highly selective and sensitive sensing of water contaminants
Ritu Singh1,
Meenakshi Singh*1
1Department of Chemistry, MMV Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India