Application of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in the Analysis of Waters and Wastewaters

The increase of the global population and shortage of renewable water resources urges the development of possible remedies to improve the quality and reusability of waste and contaminated water supplies. Different water pollutants, such as heavy metals, dyes, pesticides, endocrine disrupting compoun...

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Autores principales: Mahmoud G. Metwally, Abdelaziz H. Benhawy, Reda M. Khalifa, Rasha M. El Nashar, Marek Trojanowicz
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9a36f7f1e946443da0b1835151acdc202021-11-11T18:30:35ZApplication of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in the Analysis of Waters and Wastewaters10.3390/molecules262165151420-3049https://doaj.org/article/9a36f7f1e946443da0b1835151acdc202021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/21/6515https://doaj.org/toc/1420-3049The increase of the global population and shortage of renewable water resources urges the development of possible remedies to improve the quality and reusability of waste and contaminated water supplies. Different water pollutants, such as heavy metals, dyes, pesticides, endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), and pharmaceuticals, are produced through continuous technical and industrial developments that are emerging with the increasing population. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) represent a class of synthetic receptors that can be produced from different types of polymerization reactions between a target template and functional monomer(s), having functional groups specifically interacting with the template; such interactions can be tailored according to the purpose of designing the polymer and based on the nature of the target compounds. The removal of the template using suitable knocking out agents renders a recognition cavity that can specifically rebind to the target template which is the main mechanism of the applicability of MIPs in electrochemical sensors and as solid phase extraction sorbents. MIPs have unique properties in terms of stability, selectivity, and resistance to acids and bases besides being of low cost and simple to prepare; thus, they are excellent materials to be used for water analysis. The current review represents the different applications of MIPs in the past five years for the detection of different classes of water and wastewater contaminants and possible approaches for future applications.Mahmoud G. MetwallyAbdelaziz H. BenhawyReda M. KhalifaRasha M. El NasharMarek TrojanowiczMDPI AGarticlemolecularly imprinted polymerssolid phase extractionheavy metalssynthetic dyesbisphenolspersonal care productsOrganic chemistryQD241-441ENMolecules, Vol 26, Iss 6515, p 6515 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
topic molecularly imprinted polymers
solid phase extraction
heavy metals
synthetic dyes
bisphenols
personal care products
Organic chemistry
QD241-441
spellingShingle molecularly imprinted polymers
solid phase extraction
heavy metals
synthetic dyes
bisphenols
personal care products
Organic chemistry
QD241-441
Mahmoud G. Metwally
Abdelaziz H. Benhawy
Reda M. Khalifa
Rasha M. El Nashar
Marek Trojanowicz
Application of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in the Analysis of Waters and Wastewaters
description The increase of the global population and shortage of renewable water resources urges the development of possible remedies to improve the quality and reusability of waste and contaminated water supplies. Different water pollutants, such as heavy metals, dyes, pesticides, endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), and pharmaceuticals, are produced through continuous technical and industrial developments that are emerging with the increasing population. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) represent a class of synthetic receptors that can be produced from different types of polymerization reactions between a target template and functional monomer(s), having functional groups specifically interacting with the template; such interactions can be tailored according to the purpose of designing the polymer and based on the nature of the target compounds. The removal of the template using suitable knocking out agents renders a recognition cavity that can specifically rebind to the target template which is the main mechanism of the applicability of MIPs in electrochemical sensors and as solid phase extraction sorbents. MIPs have unique properties in terms of stability, selectivity, and resistance to acids and bases besides being of low cost and simple to prepare; thus, they are excellent materials to be used for water analysis. The current review represents the different applications of MIPs in the past five years for the detection of different classes of water and wastewater contaminants and possible approaches for future applications.
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author Mahmoud G. Metwally
Abdelaziz H. Benhawy
Reda M. Khalifa
Rasha M. El Nashar
Marek Trojanowicz
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Abdelaziz H. Benhawy
Reda M. Khalifa
Rasha M. El Nashar
Marek Trojanowicz
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title Application of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in the Analysis of Waters and Wastewaters
title_short Application of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in the Analysis of Waters and Wastewaters
title_full Application of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in the Analysis of Waters and Wastewaters
title_fullStr Application of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in the Analysis of Waters and Wastewaters
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