Synthesis of novel molecularly imprinted polymers and their application to the solid-phase extraction of water-based matrices

Identifier:  TDX:827

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX827

Authors:  Beltran Carbó, Antoni

Abstract:
The present thesis has been developed within the research trend that the group has on the development of new polymeric materials for their used as sorbents in solid-phase extraction. In this case, the sorbents synthesised are highly selective for the molecule of interest and are known as molecularly imprinted polymers. Regarding the synthesis of these polymers, several polymerisation protocols as well as several kinds of interactions that can be established between all the components involved in the synthesis of the polymers have been exploited. The sorbents obtained were further applied in the selective extraction of several compounds framed within the group of emerging organic pollutants from human urine, river water or effluent water from sewage plants. In any case, a successful extraction of the target analyte was easily achieved by using any of the sorbents developed, thus proving that these sorbents are a good option when aiming to selectively extract the compound of interest from highly complex matrices.