Photo-stimulated "turn-on/off" molecularly imprinted polymers based on magnetic mesoporous silicon surface for efficient detection of sulfamerazine

J Sep Sci. 2020 Jul;43(13):2550-2557. doi: 10.1002/jssc.202000043. Epub 2020 May 13.

Abstract

In this study, novel photo-stimulated molecularly imprinted polymers based on magnetic mesoporous carrier surface were developed for selective identification and intelligent separation of sulfamerazine in complex samples. The photosensitive monomer of the molecularly imprinted polymers was azobenzene derivative 5-[(4-(methacryloyloxy)phenyl) diazenyl] isophthalic acid with stimulus reaction mechanisms, which has photoisomerization between trans and cis for N=N bonds. Further, the properties of the photo-stimulated molecularly imprinted polymers were further evaluated through several sets of adsorption experiments. It illustrated that the maximum adsorption amount is 0.45 mmol/L. By ultraviolet spectrophotometry, the material reaches typical characteristic peaks of photo sensitivity, and the cycle time is 16 min. Three adsorption and desorption processes were repeated, the adsorption rate reached 34.4%. Overall, the photo-stimulated molecularly imprinted polymers can enrich and separate determine sulfamerazine with high selectivity, which have good recovery for real samples.

Keywords: mesoporous silicon surface; molecularly imprinted polymers; photo-stimulated polymers; sulfamerazine.