Optical sensors based on molecular imprinting polymer (Introduction to Application)

Technology of molecular imprinting is a great way to improve selectivity of sensors through the formation of molecular imprinted polymers on the surface of the quantum dots. So if high selectivity of molecular imprinted technology and excellent optical properties of quantum dots get combined, a new material created that has selective absorption and useful information can be obtained by examining the optical behavior of quantum dots. These sensors that are designed according to the research, medical and industrial centers, can be used to measure concentrations better than conventional laboratory methods. Molecular imprinted polymers are important research issues in the centers in the past decade. In this paper, we introduce molecular imprinted polymers, molecular imprinting, principles of molecular imprinting and also the introduction of quantum dots as an optical nanoparticle and then explain about the placement of molecular imprinted polymers on the quantum dots and their application as an optical sensor.