Innovative Strategy of MIP Sensors on the Road to Practical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic receptors with affinity which is generated by self-assembling of functional monomers around a template. MIP can be obtained by a simpler and more economic procedure than enzymes or antibodies which requires use of animals and a complex purification process. Thus, MIPs are feasible tool for selective, robust, and economic biomimetic sensors which will supersede traditional enzymatic biosensors and immunosensors. However, a methodology for generating optical or electric signal triggered by interaction between the MIP and template has to be developed because MIP usually does not have catalytic properties, like enzymes. Recent developments in MIP technology have addressed this issue, allowing for first time the creation of sensor devices which can potentially compete with commercial sensors.

This Special Issue expects papers, communications, and reviews reporting and discussing innovative research for applications of MIPS for sensors, specifically:

• New strategies for transducing specific interaction into electrical and optical signals;
• Development of MIP sensors for practical applications;
• Analysis of patents related to the development of MIP sensors.

Prof. Dr. Yasuo Yoshimi
Prof. Dr. Sergey A Piletsky
Guest Editors

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