Grafting of molecularly imprinted polymer on multiwalled carbon nanotube for highly selective and sensitive determination of Thymine

Jeena Abraham, Beena Mathew

Abstract

The molecular imprinting technology was used to synthesize vinyl functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube imprinted polymer for thymine. The imprinted and non-imprinted polymers are characterized by using infrared spectrophotometer, thermo gravimetric analysis, x-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. The adsorption behaviour was evaluated as a function of initial concentration, time, mass and solvent. The selectivity of the polymers evaluated with structurally similar analogues like 5-fluoro uracil and thymine. The approach would open the new opportunity to design of polymers with selective recognition properties.