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Preparation of molecularly imprinted microspheres by photo-grafting on supports modified with iniferter

  • Fei Rong
  • , Xiaogang Feng
  • , Ping Li
  • , Chunwei Yuan
  • , Degang Fu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Southeast University, Nanjing

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Abstract

Molecularly imprinted microspheres (MIMs) of D-mandelic acid were synthesized in this study. Chloromethylated polystyrene beads modified with iniferter were used as supports for photo-grafting of a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) layer. The polymers were characterized by FT-IR, elemental analysis and thermo-gravimetric analysis to testify the polymer formation and its thermal stability. Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) show that the MIP particles are mono-dispersed and well-spherical, with the average diameter of 4.38 μm and size distribution coefficient of 1.02. Furthermore, the MIMs were packed in a stainless steel column and evaluated as stationary phases in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The prepared MIP exhibited a considerable capability of chiral separation between template and its enantiomer. Accordingly, this kind of MIP is likely to have wide applications in chemical sensing, chromatographic analysis and solid phase extraction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2566-2571
Number of pages6
JournalChinese Science Bulletin
Volume51
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2006

Keywords

  • Iniferter
  • Molecularly imprinted microspheres
  • Photo-grafting
  • Polystyrene beads

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