Trends in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs)-Based Plasmonic Sensors
Giancarla Alberti, Camilla Zanoni, Stefano Spina, Lisa Rita Magnaghi, Raffaela Biesuz
Abstract
In recent years, plasmonic sensors have been used in various fields ranging from environmental monitoring, pharmaceutical analysis, medical diagnosis, and food quality assessment to forensics. A significant amount of information on plasmonic sensors and their applications already exists and there is a continuing development of reliable, selective, sensitive, and low-cost sensors. Combining molecularly imprinting technology with plasmonic sensors is an increasingly timely and important challenge to obtain portable, easy-to-use, particularly selective devices helpful in detecting analytes at the trace level. This review proposes an overview of the applications of molecularly imprinted plasmonic chemosensors and biosensors, critically discussing the performances, pros, and cons of the more recently developed devices.