Challenges of molecularly imprinted polymers in impacting environmental monitoring and remediation

IF 12 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

Trends in Analytical Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI:10.1016/j.trac.2025.118434

Maryam Arabi , Abbas Ostovan , Jiadong Chen , Yunqing Wang , Qiaoning Wang , Xizhen Zhao , Longwen Fu , Michael C. Breadmore , Jaebum Choo , Lingxin Chen

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Global concerns about environmental pollution have driven scientists to develop cutting-edge technologies for identification, determination, and remediation. There is a critical need for versatile materials that can sensitively and selectively recognize/degrade these pollutants in complex matrices. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) can recognize a wide range of target pollutants, making them attractive for use in remediation technologies. However, several technical challenges hinder the effectiveness of MIP-based remediation and environmental protection when practically implemented. This review combines over a decade of practical experience in the synthesis and application of MIPs, to highlight pitfalls and offer insight, solutions and guidance on solving the challenges that need to be overcome for MIPs to deliver enabling solutions for environmental scientists. We highlight molecular imprinting in environmental remediation and monitoring in four separate sections, including pollutant removal, catalytic degradation, sample preparation, and sensing, and propose specific technical challenges to inspire further advances in the field.

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分子印迹聚合物在影响环境监测和修复中的挑战

全球对环境污染的关注促使科学家们开发出识别、测定和修复的尖端技术。迫切需要能够在复杂基质中敏感和选择性地识别/降解这些污染物的通用材料。分子印迹聚合物（MIPs）可以识别广泛的目标污染物，使其在修复技术中具有吸引力。然而，在实际实施时，一些技术挑战阻碍了基于mip的补救和环境保护的有效性。这篇综述结合了十多年来在MIPs合成和应用方面的实践经验，以突出缺陷，并为解决MIPs需要克服的挑战提供见解、解决方案和指导，从而为环境科学家提供有利的解决方案。我们从污染物去除、催化降解、样品制备和传感四个方面重点介绍了分子印迹在环境修复和监测中的应用，并提出了具体的技术挑战，以激发该领域的进一步发展。

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Trends in Analytical Chemistry 化学-分析化学

CiteScore

20.00

自引率

4.60%

发文量

257

审稿时长

3.4 months

期刊介绍： TrAC publishes succinct and critical overviews of recent advancements in analytical chemistry, designed to assist analytical chemists and other users of analytical techniques. These reviews offer excellent, up-to-date, and timely coverage of various topics within analytical chemistry. Encompassing areas such as analytical instrumentation, biomedical analysis, biomolecular analysis, biosensors, chemical analysis, chemometrics, clinical chemistry, drug discovery, environmental analysis and monitoring, food analysis, forensic science, laboratory automation, materials science, metabolomics, pesticide-residue analysis, pharmaceutical analysis, proteomics, surface science, and water analysis and monitoring, these critical reviews provide comprehensive insights for practitioners in the field.