Rational Design of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Using Quaternary Ammonium Cations for Glyphosate Detection

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Authors

  • Mashaalah Zarejousheghani
  • Alaa Jaafar
  • Hendrik Wollmerstaedt
  • Parvaneh Rahimi
  • Helko Borsdorf
  • Stefan Zimmermann
  • Yvonne Joseph

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  • TU Bergakademie Freiberg - University of Resources
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health
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Original languageEnglish
Article number296
Number of pages18
JournalSensors (Switzerland)
Volume21
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jan 2021

Abstract

Molecularly imprinted polymers have emerged as cost-effective and rugged artificial selective sorbents for combination with different sensors. In this study, quaternary ammonium cations, as functional monomers, were systematically evaluated to design imprinted polymers for glyphosate as an important model compound for electrically charged and highly water-soluble chemical compounds. To this aim, a small pool of monomers were used including (3-acrylamidopropyl)trimethylammonium chloride, [2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride, and diallyldimethylammonium chloride. The simultaneous interactions between three positively charged monomers and glyphosate were preliminary evaluated using statistical design of the experiment method. Afterwards, different polymers were synthesized at the gold surface of the quartz crystal microbalance sensor using optimized and not optimized glyphosate-monomers ratios. All synthesized polymers were characterized using atomic force microscopy, contact angle, Fourier-transform infrared, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Evaluated functional monomers showed promise as highly efficient functional monomers, when they are used together and at the optimized ratio, as predicted by the statistical method. Obtained results from the modified sensors were used to develop a simple model describing the binding characteristics at the surface of the different synthesized polymers. This model helps to develop new synthesis strategies for rational design of the highly selective imprinted polymers and to use as a sensing platform for water soluble and polar targets.

Keywords

    Design of experiment, Glyphosate, Imprinted polymer, Quartz crystal microbalance, Quaternary ammonium cation

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Rational Design of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Using Quaternary Ammonium Cations for Glyphosate Detection. / Zarejousheghani, Mashaalah; Jaafar, Alaa; Wollmerstaedt, Hendrik et al.
In: Sensors (Switzerland), Vol. 21, No. 1, 296, 04.01.2021.

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Zarejousheghani, M., Jaafar, A., Wollmerstaedt, H., Rahimi, P., Borsdorf, H., Zimmermann, S., & Joseph, Y. (2021). Rational Design of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Using Quaternary Ammonium Cations for Glyphosate Detection. Sensors (Switzerland), 21(1), Article 296. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21010296
Zarejousheghani M, Jaafar A, Wollmerstaedt H, Rahimi P, Borsdorf H, Zimmermann S et al. Rational Design of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Using Quaternary Ammonium Cations for Glyphosate Detection. Sensors (Switzerland). 2021 Jan 4;21(1):296. doi: 10.3390/s21010296
Zarejousheghani, Mashaalah ; Jaafar, Alaa ; Wollmerstaedt, Hendrik et al. / Rational Design of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Using Quaternary Ammonium Cations for Glyphosate Detection. In: Sensors (Switzerland). 2021 ; Vol. 21, No. 1.
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