Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs)

Commercialization Prospects

Meenakshi Singh

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780323914178
• Topic: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Subtopic: Werkstoffwissenschaft

Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs): Commercialization Prospects guides the reader through the various steps in the conceptualization, design, preparation and innovative applications of molecularly imprinted polymers while also demystifying the challenges relating to commercialization. Sections cover molecularly imprinted polymers, design, modeling, compositions and material selection. Other sections describe novel methods and discuss the challenges relating to the use of molecularly imprinted polymers in specific application areas. The final chapters of the book explore the current situation in terms of patents and commercialized materials based on MIPs, as well as prospects and possible opportunities.

This is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in the development, application, and commercialization of molecularly imprinted polymers, including researchers and advanced students in polymer science, polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, materials science, chemical engineering, and biomedicine, as well as engineers, scientists and R&D professionals with an interest in MIPs for advanced applications.

• Covers all stages of molecular imprinting, from conceptualization, modeling, and solvent choice, to extraction, monomer composition and miniaturization
• Offers a unique focus on commercialization, examining the current situation and addressing barriers to further commercialization
• Includes state-of-the-art, novel approaches for the utilization of biopolymers and their nanoparticles as imprinting matrixes and numerical calculations in the design of MIPs

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1. An introduction to molecularly imprinted polymers
• Chapter 2. Computer-aided modeling for rational design of molecularly imprinted polymers
• Chapter 3. Inefficient removal of templates as a limitation for molecular imprinting of polymers
• Chapter 4. Role of monomer compositions for molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)
• Chapter 5. Material selection for the fabrication of MIP-based devices: An overview
• Chapter 6. Signal generation in MIP sensors
• Chapter 7. Adaptability of MIPs for cutting-edge technology to devise cheap sensing tools
• Chapter 8. Molecularly imprinted polymers in electrochemical sensing—A step closer to achieving technology readiness
• Chapter 9. Molecularly imprinted polymers in optical sensing—an outlook for future
• Chapter 10. Biopolymers and their nanoparticles as imprinting matrix—introspection and commercialization prospects
• Chapter 11. Protein imprinting via epitope approach: An overview
• Chapter 12. Challenges facing protein imprinting via epitope approach
• Chapter 13. Molecularly imprinted polymers: Applications and challenges in biological and environmental sample analysis
• Chapter 14. Challenges to molecularly imprinted polymers in competition with biosensors at commercial scale
• Chapter 15. Patents based on molecularly imprinted polymers: Exploring their commercial potential
• Chapter 16. MIP-based commercial materials: Molecularly-imprinted polymers for commercial application: potentials and barriers
• Chapter 17. Commercialization prospects for MIPs: A summary
• Index