SMARTMIP

Modulated Catalysis by Smart Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

Coordinatore	CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY    more  Organization address address: College Road city: CRANFIELD - BEDFORDSHIRE postcode: MK43 0AL contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Anthony Cognome: Turner Email: send email Telefono: +44 (0)1234 758355 Fax: + 44(0) 1234 758380
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	0 €
EC contributo	181˙350 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-IIF-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-IIF
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-12-08   -   2011-12-07

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: College Road city: CRANFIELD - BEDFORDSHIRE postcode: MK43 0AL contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Anthony Cognome: Turner Email: send email Telefono: +44 (0)1234 758355 Fax: + 44(0) 1234 758380	UK (CRANFIELD - BEDFORDSHIRE)	coordinator	181˙350.77

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Molecular imprinting, an important methodology for the straightforward prepared of antibody-like polymers, is recently one of focuses in chemistry because of its importance in catalysis, separation and sensing. Described usually as a ‘from-key-to-lock’ process, the molecular imprinting recognizes and interacts with substrates basing on a specifically complementary framework. The present proposal aims to design ‘smart’ imprinted polymers capable of showing tunable catalysis. Inspired by recent advances in the ‘Smart’ technology, a unique hydrophilic/hydrophobic transition is created within the binding framework. The design of this transition will cause an opening/closing-tunable mechanism within the binding framework, thereby allowing/refusing the substrates in water accessible to the interior. In the opening state, the substrate in water can be freely accessible to the binding framework, thus making possible efficient interaction. Above the transition the blockage of access to the inner largely restricts the diffusion of substrates. In this way, such recognition and catalysis are comparable to an on/off-switchable process, which thus allows one to manipulate the activity by controlling the phase behaviours of prepared materials.'