Development of molecular printing polymers (MIPs) by electropolymerization

• Grant number: 19/25005-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2020
• End date: March 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Luís Francisco Moreira Gonçalves
• Grantee: Ingrid Mayara Benachio
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/14425-7 - A new synergetic path for gas-diffusion microextraction (GDME) making use of molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs), AP.JP

Abstract

This project aims to develop molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) by electropolymerization for the development of portable sensors for the analysis of relevant compounds, namely penicillin. Penicillin is one of the most important medications in the basic health care system. Its determination is important because, as it is eliminated by urine, it causes changes in the terrestrial and water ecosystem. In addition, studies have also revealed the presence of this antibiotic in human foods such as meat and milk from penicillin-treated animals. Molecular imprinting is recognized as one of the fastest (particularly by electropolymerization) and powerful methods for creating synthetic receptors because it has a strong affinity for a diverse selection of analyses yet remaining selective.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BENACHIO, INGRID; LOBATO, ALNILAN; GONCALVES, LUIS MOREIRA. Employing molecularly imprinted polymers in the development of electroanalytical methodologies for antibiotic determination. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION, v. 34, n. 3, MAR 2021. (18/14425-7, 19/25005-1, 19/11214-8)