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Molecularly imprinted polymers as a tool for separation in CEC
Author(s) -
Liu ZhaoSheng,
Zheng Chao,
Yan Chao,
Gao RuYu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.200600544
Subject(s) - molecularly imprinted polymer , separation (statistics) , chromatography , polymer , chemistry , nanotechnology , polymer science , materials science , computer science , selectivity , organic chemistry , catalysis , machine learning
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthesized in the presence of a template which results in the formation of specific recognition cavities complementary to the template in shape and chemical functionality. One of the most successful application areas of MIPs is chromatographic sorbents, which are tailor‐made synthetic polymers for a given analyte. However, low efficiency of MIP columns is often observed because of slow kinetics of the template. CEC‐based MIPs are thought to improve efficiency of MIP‐based separation due to the enhanced flow dynamics of CEC. Another attractive feature is the miniaturized format of CEC, so that fewer templates or monomers for the molecular imprinting are consumed, a characteristic desired for ‘green chemistry'. The small dimensions of a capillary demand the development of novel polymer formats that can be applied to a miniaturized system. This review discusses the various formats, i.e. , the micro‐ or nanoparticle, the coating and the monolith, for application in CEC as well as the use in MIP syntheses and characteristics.