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Nanostructured, Molecularly Imprinted, and Template-Patterned Polythiophenes for Chiral Sensing and Differentiation

  1. Roderick B. Pernites1,
  2. Subrahmanyam K. Venkata2,
  3. Brylee David B. Tiu2,
  4. Allan Christopher C. Yago2,
  5. Rigoberto C. Advincula2,3,*

Article first published online: 21 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201102331

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Volume 8, Issue 11, pages 1669–1674, June 11, 2012

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Pernites, R. B., Venkata, S. K., Tiu, B. D. B., Yago, A. C. C. and Advincula, R. C. (2012), Nanostructured, Molecularly Imprinted, and Template-Patterned Polythiophenes for Chiral Sensing and Differentiation. Small, 8: 1669–1674. doi: 10.1002/smll.201102331

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular, Engineering Rice University, MS 362, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

*Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 JUN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 21 MAR 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 6 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 4 NOV 2011

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Keywords:

  • molecular imprinting;
  • sensor;
  • colloidal templating;
  • quartz crystal microbalance;
  • electropolymerization;
  • polythiophenes
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An innovation to thin-film molecular imprinting is presented for the sensitive detection and effective discrimination of chiral compounds using a portable quartz crystal microbalance transduction technique. The facile approach involves i) colloidal sphere layering of latex particles onto the surface via a Langmuir–Blodgett-like technique followed by ii) template molecular imprinting using electrodeposition of a single functional and cross-linking monomer.

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