The term biomimetic can be simply defined as the examination of nature. The scientists inspired by the enormous diversity of nature to solve human problems or facilitate daily life by mimicking natural models, systems, and elements especially in the biomedical and therapeutic applications to make better drugs, artificial organs, sensing instruments, etc.
Biological recognition elements like proteins, antibodies, enzymes, DNA, lectins, aptamers, cells, and viruses have been heavily used to ensure specificity in such applications in spite of their lack of stability and reusability. However, in the last two decades molecularly imprinted polymers, MIPs, have been synthesized as an alternative to mimic natural biological interactions for a broad spectrum of templates by means of coordinating functional monomers around template in the presence of cross-linker.
This review will outline the broad contours of biomimetics prepared by molecular imprinting techniques and their practical applications in the separation techniques, tissue engineering applications, biomimetic surfaces, sensors, artificial membranes, and drug delivery systems.
Molecular imprinting biomimetic separation sensing polymer brushes artificial membranes drug delivery tissue engineering
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Mühendislik |
Bölüm | Articles |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Kasım 2020 |
Kabul Tarihi | 16 Ekim 2020 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2020 The 100 Year of Polymers |
HACETTEPE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY AND CHEMİSTRY
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