scholarly journals Synthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for the Removal of Melamine

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 2770-2776
Author(s):  
Rachel Marcella Roland ◽  
Showkat Ahmad Bhawani

In this article, molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) of melamine was synthesized by non-covalent approach using microemulsion medium. In this study, melamine is used as a template molecule, acrylic acid as a functional monomer, N,N′-methylenebis(acrylamide) (MBAm) as a cross-linker and 2,2′-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator and microemulsion as a solvent. The produced polymers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The batch binding analysis was conducted for the evaluation of MIP and NIP rebinding efficiency with the melamine template. The adsorption studies including the adsorbent dosage of polymer, initial concentrations and pH of melamine solution were successfully carried out on both MIP and NIP. For selectivity test, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol was chosen as the competitive molecule against melamine template. A very good relative selectivity coefficient was achieved. The removal of melamine from different samples were conducted successfully by achieving a good removal efficiency in milk, river water and human blood serum 84.30, 94.26 and 93.32 %, respectively.

2014 ◽  
Vol 605 ◽  
pp. 67-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Rahiminezhad ◽  
Seyed Jamaleddin Shahtaheri ◽  
Mohammad Reza Ganjali ◽  
Abbas Rahimi Rahimi Forushani

Molecular imprinting technology has become an interesting research area to the preparation of specific sorbent material for environmental and occupational sample preparation techniques (1). In the molecular imprinting technology, specific binding sites have been formed in polymeric matrix, which often have an affinity and selectivity similar to antibody-antigen systems (2). In molecular imprinted technology, functional monomers are arranged in a complementary configuration around a template molecule, then, cross-linker and solvent are also added and the mixture is treated to give a porous material containing nono-sized binding sites. After extraction of the template molecule by washing, vacant imprinted sites will be left in polymer, which are available for rebinding of the template or its structural analogue (3). The stability, convention of preparation and low cost of these materials make them particularly attractive (4). These synthetic materials have been used for capillary electrochromatography (5), chromatography columns (6), sensors (7), and catalyze system (8). Depending on the molecular imprinting approach, different experimental variables such as the type and amounts of functional monomers, porogenic solvent, initiator, monomer to cross-linker ratio, temperature, and etc may alter the properties of the final polymeric materials. In this work, chemometric approach based on Central Composite Design (CCD) was used to design the experiments as well as to find the optimum conditions for preparing appropriate diazinon molecularly imprinted polymer.


2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-279
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Soleimani ◽  
Ameneh Porgham Daryasari ◽  
Parisa Joshani

Abstract In this work, the molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles (MIP-NPs) for the selective determination of fluvoxamine have been described. The polymer nanoparticles were synthesized by the polymerization of methacrylic acid as a functional monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as a cross-linker, 2,2-azobisisobutyronitrile as an initiator and fluvoxamine as a template molecule. The MIP-NPs were characterized using techniques that included Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Imprinted fluvoxamine molecules were removed from the polymeric structure using acetonitrile in methanol (2:8; v/v) as the eluting solvent. The linear dynamic range for fluvoxamine was 10–1200 μg L−1. The developed method was successfully applied to the extraction of fluvoxamine in complex biological samples.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2479-2484
Author(s):  
Salma Bakhtiar ◽  
Showkat Ahmad Bhawani ◽  
Syed Rizwan Shafqat

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were prepared by precipitation polymerization using thymol as a template molecule, acrylamide as a functional monomer and N,N-methylbisacrylamide as the crosslinker with a non-covalent approach. The polymers were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), fourier-transform infra red spectroscopy(FT-IR) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET). The SEM results depicted that the shape of polymer particles is spherical with uniform size (micro-meters). The BET results also showed better surface area, pore size and pore volume of MIP as compared to non-imprinted polymer (NIP). A series of parameters such as initial concentration, polymer dosage, effect of pH and slectivity with structural analogue were conducted. The selectivity of MIP towards thymol was appreciable as compared to its structural analogue gallic acid with a relative selectivity coefficient of 3.59. Finally, MIP has been successfully used for extraction of thymol from the spiked blood serum (84 %) and river water sample (98 %).


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Rosita Dwi Chrisnandari

Kloramfenikol adalah antibiotik yang memiliki aktivitas untuk melawan bakteri gram positif dan gram negatif yang pemakaiannya dibatasi dan diawasi oleh lembaga pemerintahan karena memiliki efek samping yang membahayakan kesehatan manusia dan lingkungan. Metode analisis kloramfenikol yang digunakan umumnya kurang selektif dan kurang spesifik terhadap kloramfenikol. Pada penelitian ini dikembangkan teknik preparasi sampel berbasis molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) yang dapat digunakan sebagai adsorben selektif dan spesifik terhadap kloramfenikol. MIP disintesis menggunakan kloramfenikol sebagai template, asam metakrilat (MAA) sebagai monomer, etilen glikol dimetakrilat (EGDMA) sebagai cross-linker dan kloroform sebagai porogen dengan perbandingan mol rasio template:monomer:cross-linker sebesar 1:4:20 secara polimerisasi fasa ruah pada suhu 70 ºC selama 11 jam. Elusi template dilakukan melalui ekstraksi pelarut menggunakan metanol:asam asetat 9:1 (v/v). Non-imprinted polymer (NIP) dan polimer kontrol juga disintesis sebagai pembanding. Hasil polimerisasi dikarakterisasi menggunakan fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) dan adsorpsi-desorpsi N2. Spektra FT-IR menunjukkan gugus fungsi spesifik kloramfenikol pada MIP tidak tampak bila dibandingkan dengan spektra NIP. Luas permukaan MIP diketahui sebesar 106,609 m2/g dan 41,860 m2/g untuk polimer kontrol. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa MIP memiliki sisi pengenal yang lebih banyak dan spesifik dibandingkan dengan polimer kontrol. MIP hasil sintesis dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan selektivitas metode analisis kloramfenikol secara kromatografi.Kata kunci: Kloramfenikol, Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP), Polimerisasi Fasa Ruah


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 788-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsuko Konishi ◽  
Shigehiko Takegami ◽  
Tatsuya Kitade

Objective: Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP)-modified potentiometric sensors for histamine (HIS) (as denoted as HIS sensor) have been developed. Methods: The MIPs comprise HIS, Methacrylic Acid (MAA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as the template molecule, functional monomer and cross-linker, respectively. To examine the specificity of the MIP to HIS, the MIP particles were prepared with varying ratios of HIS: MAA and the HIS binding amount toward the MIP particles was determined by UV spectrophotometry. Furthermore, to quantitatively determine the ability of MIP (H2M20) to HIS, a HIS sensor was measured using Ag/AgCl as a reference electrode. Results: MIP particles having a HIS:MAA of 2 mmol:20 mmol (MIP (H2M20)) had the largest HIS binding amount among the MIP particles prepared. Additionally, MIP (H2M20) displayed a HIS binding amount approximately two times larger than the corresponding non-imprinted polymer (NIP) particles in the absence of template. The HIS sensor potential change increased as a function of HIS concentration and exhibited a near-Nernstian response of −25.7 mV decade−1 over the HIS concentration range of 1×10−5 to 1×10−4 mol L−1 with a limit of detection of 9.6×10−6 mol L−1. From the Nernstian response value, it was observed that the HIS sensor could detect the di-protonated HIS binding to the MIP. Conversely, when comparing at the same HIS concentration, the potential response value of the sensors fabricated using NIP particles were significantly smaller than the values of the corresponding HIS sensor. Conclusion: The MIP-modified potentiometric sensors can potentially be employed as an analytical method to quantitatively determine various analytes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mamman ◽  
F. B. M. Suah ◽  
M. Raaov ◽  
F. S. Mehamod ◽  
S. Asman ◽  
...  

In this study, a unique magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer (MMIP) adsorbent towards bisphenol A (BPA) as a template molecule was developed by bulk polymerization using β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) as a co-monomer with methacrylic acid (MAA) to form MMIP MAA–βCD as a new adsorbent. β-CD was hybridized with MAA to obtain water-compactible imprinting sites for the effective removal of BPA from aqueous samples. Benzoyl peroxide and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate were used as the initiator and cross-linker, respectively. The adsorbents were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electronic microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, vibrating sample magnetometer, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller and X-ray diffraction. 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to characterize the MAA–βCD and BPA–MAA–βCD complex. Several parameters influencing the adsorption efficiency of BPA such as adsorbent dosage, pH of sample solution, contact time, initial concentrations and temperature as well as selectivity and reusability study have been evaluated. MMIP MAA–βCD showed significantly higher removal efficiency and selective binding capacity towards BPA compared to MMIP MAA owing to its unique morphology with the presence of β-CD. The kinetics data can be well described by the pseudo second-order kinetic and Freundlich isotherm and Halsey models best fitted the isotherm data. The thermodynamic studies indicated that the adsorption reaction was a spontaneous and exothermic process. Therefore, MMIP based on the hybrid monomer of MAA–βCD shows good potential of a new monomer in molecularly imprinted polymer preparation and can be used as an effective adsorbent for the removal of BPA from aqueous solutions.


Polymer ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 226-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebadullah Asadi ◽  
Majid Abdouss ◽  
Roger M. Leblanc ◽  
Noushin Ezzati ◽  
James N. Wilson ◽  
...  

Water SA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3 July) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Mzukisi Madikizela ◽  
Silindile Senamile Zunngu ◽  
Nomchenge Yamkelani Mlunguza ◽  
Nikita Tawanda Tavengwa ◽  
Phumlane Selby Mdluli ◽  
...  

A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) that is selective to ketoprofen was synthesized and applied in the adsorption of the target compound from water. The MIP was synthesized using a bulk polymerization method at high temperatures (60–80°C), where ketoprofen, 2-vinylpyridine, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, toluene and 1,1´-azobis(cyclohexanecarbonitrile) were used as template, functional monomer, cross-linker, porogen and initiator, respectively. Non-imprinted polymer (NIP) was synthesized similarly to the MIP but in the absence of ketoprofen. From molecular dynamics simulation, the nature of interactions that occurred between the template and the functional monomer were found to be based on hydrogen bonding. This was confirmed experimentally, where a high extraction efficiency of ≥ 90% was obtained at acidic conditions (pH 5) due to the protonation of ketoprofen. A contact time of 45 min was sufficient for the maximum adsorption of ketoprofen from 10 mL spiked water using 8 mg of the adsorbent. MIP showed greater selectivity than NIP by achieving a relative selectivity coefficient of 7.7 towards ketoprofen in the presence of structurally related pharmaceuticals. Furthermore, the order of sorption onto the MIPs from water was ketoprofen > fenoprofen > gemfibrozil. From a modelling perspective, the Langmuir adsorption isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model gave the best fit, with maximum adsorption capacity of 8.24 mg·g−1 and sorption rate constant of 0.25 mg·g−1·min−1 for MIP. This was translated to chemisorption of ketoprofen onto the homogeneous MIP binding sites. This work demonstrated the great potential of MIP in selective recognition of ketoprofen from wastewater relative to closely related compounds.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (23) ◽  
pp. 9483-9489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
Feng Shen ◽  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Yue Xing ◽  
Xueqin Ren

A new bifunctional monomer acting as both a cross-linker and a functional monomer was synthesized and applied in the preparation of water-compatible naproxen sodium imprinted polymers.


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