• Photonic Sensors
  • Vol. 12, Issue 4, 220417 (2022)
Onder KURC and Deniz TURKMEN*
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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    DOI: 10.1007/s13320-022-0658-5 Cite this Article
    Onder KURC, Deniz TURKMEN. Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor for Sulfamethoxazole Detection[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2022, 12(4): 220417 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is a sulfonamide antibiotic primarily used to treat urinary tract infections and used in veterinary and industrialized husbandry to treat diseases and food additives. Like other antibiotics, SMX is considered as a pollutant in water and food that threaten local life. This study developed a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor chip that is fast, highly selective, and reusable, and requires no pretreatment for detecting SMX. As a receptor, SMX imprinted methacrylic acid-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate polymer [poly(MAA-HEMA-EGDMA)] was used. The surface of the gold SPR chips was coated with a drop-casting method. The nanofilm coated chips were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), ellipsometer, contact angle measurement, and Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR). Imprinting factor (IF) was calculated as: ΔR[MIP(molecularly imprinted polymers)]/ΔR[NIP(non-imprinted)]=12/3.5=3.4. Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) values were calculated with 3 s/m and 10 s/m methods, and the results were found to be 0.001 1 μg/L for LOD 0.003 4 μg/L for LOQ. Adsorption studies on both standard SMX solution and commercial milk samples were applied. Also, we investigated the developed chip’s reusability, storability, and selectivity with amoxicillin and cefalexin.
    Onder KURC, Deniz TURKMEN. Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor for Sulfamethoxazole Detection[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2022, 12(4): 220417
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