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Mittas N, Gkika DA, Georgiou K, Alodhayb AN, AbdelAll N, Khouqeer GA, Kyzas GZ. Bibliometric research analysis of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs): evidence and research activity dynamics. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:119903-119924. [PMID: 37932616 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30752-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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The escalating issue of water pollution has become a worldwide issue that has captured the attention of numerous scientists. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have emerged as adaptable materials with exceptional attributes, including easy synthesis, low cost, remarkable durability, long life, and accessibility. These attributes have motivated researchers to develop novel materials based on MIPs to tackle hazardous contaminants in environmental matrices. The purpose of this paper was to conduct a bibliometric analysis on MIPs' publications, in order to shed light on the developments and focus points of the field. The selected publications were obtained from Scopus database and subjected to a filtering process, resulting in 11,131 relevant publications. The analysis revealed that the leading publication source (journal) is Biosensors and Bioelectronics; the mostly employed keywords are solid-phase extraction, electrochemical sensor, and molecular recognition; and the top contributing countries are China, Iran, and the USA. The Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) algorithm was used for extracting thematic axes from the textual content of the publications. The results of the LDA model showcase that the topic of synthesis and performance of MIPs for environmental applications can be considered as the most dominant topic with a share value of 72.71%. From the analysis, it can be concluded that MIPs are a cross-disciplinary research field.
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- Nikolaos Mittas
- Hephaestus Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, International Hellenic University, 65404, Kavala, Greece
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- Hephaestus Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, International Hellenic University, 65404, Kavala, Greece
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- School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Hephaestus Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, International Hellenic University, 65404, Kavala, Greece.
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Wahab A, Minhas MA, Shaikh H, Xiao HM, Malik MI. Enhancement in photocatalytic selectivity of TiO 2-based nano-catalyst through molecular imprinting technology. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:121929-121947. [PMID: 37957496 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30747-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Improvement in the photocatalytic selectivity is imperative for the effective and efficient utilization of catalysts. In this study, a molecularly imprinted polymer-coated iron-doped titanium dioxide (Fe-TiO2@MIP) nanocomposite was successfully synthesized by precipitation polymerization while using RB-19 as a template. The synthesized nanocomposites (Fe-TiO2@MIP and Fe-TiO2@NIP) were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), atomic force microscopy (AFM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Brunauer-EMMETT-Teller (BET), and UV-visible spectrophotometry. The optimized binding experiments revealed a high imprinting factor of 5.0 for RB-19. The catalytic degradation efficiency and selectivity of Fe-TiO2@MIP enhanced to almost complete degradation of RB-19 from 70% for the parent Fe-TiO2 and 76% for Fe-TiO2@NIP. An outstanding degradation selectivity of RB-19 was achieved compared to other competitive dyes. Finally, the analysis of the non-degraded and degraded RB-19 by ESI-MS revealed the presence of different intermediates that fits well with the proposed degradation mechanism. The study opens new possibilities of selective photo-degradation of targeted contaminants that may ultimately lead to efficient use of photocatalysts.
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- Abdul Wahab
- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
- Third World Center for Science and Technology, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
- Third World Center for Science and Technology, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
- Food Quality and Safety Research Institute, PARC-Southern Zone Agricultural Research Centre, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- National Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, 76080, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Oilseeds Processing of Ministry of Agriculture, Hubei Key Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry and Nutrition, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan.
- Third World Center for Science and Technology, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan.
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Kubiak A, Stachowiak M, Cegłowski M. Unveiling the Latest Developments in Molecularly Imprinted Photocatalysts: A State-of-the-Art Review. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:4152. [PMID: 37896395 PMCID: PMC10611036 DOI: 10.3390/polym15204152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Responding to the growing concerns about environmental pollutants, scientists are increasingly turning to innovative solutions rooted in the field of environmental science. One such promising avenue combines the robustness of traditional photocatalysis with the precision of molecular imprinting, leading to the proposition of molecularly imprinted photocatalysts (MIPCs). These MIPCs hold the potential to specifically target and eliminate environmental pollutants, marking them as a promising tool in modern environmental remediation. As researchers delve deeper into this field, the design and optimization of MIPCs have become hotbeds for scientific inquiry. This comprehensive overview delves into the multifaceted approaches to MIPC design, elucidating on aspects like the selection of appropriate photocatalytic bases, the pivotal role of templates, the choice of monomeric building blocks, and the integration of effective cross-linking agents. However, as with all burgeoning technologies, the development of MIPCs is not without its challenges. These potential impediments to the successful innovation and implementation of MIPCs are also explored.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 8, PL-61614 Poznan, Poland; (A.K.); (M.S.)
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Ma J, He C, Lian Z. Multivariate optimization of magnetic molecular imprinting solid-phase extraction to entrap rhodamine B in seawater. Microchem J 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2023.108565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Effect of Titanium Dioxide Support for Cobalt Nanoparticle Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Sodium Borohydride Hydrolysis. Catal Letters 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-022-04215-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Guan G, Pan JH, Li Z. Innovative utilization of molecular imprinting technology for selective adsorption and (photo)catalytic eradication of organic pollutants. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 265:129077. [PMID: 33277000 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The rapid development of industrialization and urbanization results in a numerous production of various organic chemicals to meet the increasing demand in high-quality life. During the synthesis and utilization of these chemical products, their residues unavoidably emerged in environments to severely threaten human's health. It is thus urgent to exploit effective technology for readily removing the organic pollutants with high selectivity and good reusability. As one of the most promising approaches, molecular imprinting technology (MIT) employs a chemically synthetic route to construct artificial recognition sites in highly-crosslinked matrix with complementary cavity and functional groups to target species, which have been attracting more and more interest for environmental remediation, such as the selective adsorption/separation and improved catalytic degradation of pollutants. In this review, MIT is first introduced briefly to understand their preparing process, recognition mechanism and common imprinted systems. Then, their specific binding affinities are demonstrated for selectively adsorbing and removing target molecules with a large capacity. Furthermore, the innovative utilization of MIT in catalytic eradication of pollutants is comprehensively overviewed to emphasize their enhanced efficiency and improved performances, which are classified by the used catalytically-active nanocrystals and imprinted systems. After summarizing recent advances in these fields, some limitations are discussed and possible suggestions are given to guide the future exploitation on MIT for environmental protection.
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- Guijian Guan
- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A∗STAR, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore, 138634, Singapore.
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Synthesis of surface molecularly imprinted poly-o-phenylenediamine/TiO2/carbon nanodots with a highly enhanced selective photocatalytic degradation of pendimethalin herbicide under visible light. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2020.104580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kumar A, Biswas B, Bhaskar T. Effect of cobalt on titania, ceria and zirconia oxide supported catalysts on the oxidative depolymerization of prot and alkali lignin. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 299:122589. [PMID: 31865149 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The production of phenolics by oxidative depolymerization of prot lignin and alkali lignin were studied in the presence of cobalt impregnated TiO2, CeO2 and ZrO2 catalysts at 140 °C for 1 h. Maximum bio-oil yield of 78.0 and 60.2 wt% were observed with Co/CeO2 catalyst for prot lignin and alkali lignin, respectively. The characterizations of the bio-oils were carried out using GC-MS, FTIR, and 1H NMR. The GC-MS compounds have been classified into four categories (G, H, S-type and others). The depolymerization of prot lignin showed a mixture of G, H and S type phenolic monomers. Interestingly, higher selectivity of acetosyringone (47.1%) was obtained in the presence of Co/TiO2 catalyst with prot lignin. The depolymerization of alkali lignin exhibited only G-type phenolic monomers production, and was effectively produced 67.4% (G-type monomer) in the presence of Co/ZrO2 catalyst.
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- Avnish Kumar
- Biomass Conversion Area (BCA), Material Resource Efficiency Division (MRED), CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun 248005, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India
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- Biomass Conversion Area (BCA), Material Resource Efficiency Division (MRED), CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun 248005, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India
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- Biomass Conversion Area (BCA), Material Resource Efficiency Division (MRED), CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun 248005, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India.
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Li X, Yu J, Jaroniec M, Chen X. Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels. Chem Rev 2019; 119:3962-4179. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1094] [Impact Index Per Article: 218.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Xin Li
- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Key Laboratory of Energy Plants Resource and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri—Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, United States
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Zhao Z, Zhu C, Guo Q, Cai Y, Zhu X, Li B. Preparation of lysozyme-imprinted nanoparticles on polydopamine-modified titanium dioxide using ionic liquid as a stabilizer. RSC Adv 2019; 9:14974-14981. [PMID: 35516334 PMCID: PMC9064239 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00941h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Molecular imprinting of proteins has evolved into an efficient approach for protein recognition and separation. However, maintaining the structural stability of proteins during the preparation process of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) remains challenging. Ionic liquids (ILs), being capable of maintaining the stability of proteins, might enable effective imprinting and accurate recognition of proteins. In this study, lysozyme (Lyz)-imprinted titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, TiO2@Lyz-MIPs, have been successfully prepared for selective recognition and separation of Lyz. This was achieved by the free radical polymerization of hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) and poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate (PEGDMA) on polydopamine (PDA)-modified TiO2 nanoparticles using an IL, choline dihydrogen phosphate (chol dhp), as the stabilizer of Lyz. It was found that both PDA modification of TiO2 and the use of chol dhp as stabilizer improved the adsorption capacity of TiO2@Lyz-MIPs toward Lyz. When the concentration of HEA was 7 mg mL−1, the ratio of monomer to crosslinker was 20 : 1, and the concentration of chol dhp was 12.5 mg mL−1, the highest imprinting factor of 4.40 was achieved. TiO2@Lyz-MIPs exhibited relatively high adsorption capacity with the maximum adsorption capacity up to 120 mg g−1, which was more than four times higher than that of the non-imprinted polymers (NIPs) counterpart, TiO2@Lyz-NIPs. The adsorption rate of Lyz by TiO2@Lyz-MIPs was also much higher than that of TiO2@Lyz-NIPs. TiO2@Lyz-MIPs could successfully separate Lyz from diluted egg white, a complex mixture of proteins. Findings from this study indicate that effective recognition cavities toward Lyz were formed on the surface of Lyz-imprinted TiO2 nanoparticles prepared using IL as the template stabilizer. This approach may facilitate the development of MIPs for efficient protein recognition and separation. Molecular imprinting of proteins has evolved into an efficient approach for protein recognition and separation.![]()
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- Zhongliang Zhao
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Orthopaedic Institute
- Medical College
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Orthopaedic Institute
- Medical College
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Orthopaedic Institute
- Medical College
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Orthopaedic Institute
- Medical College
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Orthopaedic Institute
- Medical College
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Orthopaedic Institute
- Medical College
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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A review of titanium dioxide and its highlighted application in molecular imprinting technology in environment. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2018.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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