MRS Symposium G: Molecularly Imprinted Materials

The availability of materials that can bind selectively to a target molecule is the key to unlocking a host of new technologies. Molecular imprinting is an established technology, which allows the synthesis of materials containing highly specific receptor sites having an affinity for a target compound. For example, molecularly imprinted materials can mimic some of the functions of enzymes through the creation of three-dimensional cavities of specific size and shape for biorecognition of bioactive compounds. Promising applications for molecularly imprinted technologies, which have attracted much attention over the past decade, include tailor-made separation materials; molecular recognition materials for biosensors, catalysts, and antibody mimics for quantitative assay; and molecular recognition.

This symposium will solicit topics in the following and related areas:

· Development of novel synthetic molecular imprinting techniques
· Manipulation of structure and function using molecular imprinting
techniques
· The mechanism of creation and regeneration of recognition sites during
the molecular imprinting process
· Biomimetic sensors using molecularly imprinted materials as the
recognition elements
· Processing of moleculary imprinted materials
· Functional devices based on molecularly imprinted materials
· Isomeric separations using molecularly imprinted materials
· Characterization of three-dimensional structure of molecularly imprinted cavities
· Molecularly imprinted nanoparticles
· Catalysis using molecularly imprinted materials

Invited speakers include: F. Dickert (Vienna Univ., Austria), K. Mosbach (Lund Univ., Sweden), G. Murray (Johns Hopkins Univ.), N. Peppas (Univ. of Texas-Austin), K. Shea (Univ. of California-Irvine), T. Takeuchi (Hiroshima City Univ., Japan), and G. Wulff (Heinrich Heine-Univ. Düsseldorf, Germany). Additional invited speakers will be solicited from submitted abstracts.

Symposium Organizers

Peter Kofinas
University of Maryland, Chemical Engineering Dept., Rm. 1109, Bldg. 090, College Park, MD 20742 -2111
Tel 301-405-7335, Fax 301-405-0523, kofinas@eng.umd.edu

Börje Sellergren
University of Dortmund, INFU, Otto Hahn Strasse 6, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
Tel 49-231-755-4082, Fax 49-231-755-4084, borje@infu.uni-dortmund.de

M. Joseph Roberts
NAVAIR, NAWC WD, Polymer Science and Engineering Branch, Code 4T4220D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555
Tel 760-939-1394, Fax 760-939-1617, joe.roberts@navy.mil

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