Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Composites

Dr. Sooraj M.P. is a researcher in the Advanced Molecular Material Research Center, School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Ghandi University, Kerala India. His areas of research include: Material Characterization; Nanomaterials; Polymers; Nanostructured Materials; SEM Analysis; FTIR Analysis; TEM Image Analysis; Carbon Nanomaterials; Powder X-ray Diffraction and TGA. Dr. Archana S. Nair is a researcher in the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Dr. Beena Mathew received her M.Sc., Ph.D from Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam, India. She is currently an Associate Professor in physical sciences. In 2017 she was appointed as Director for the School of chemical Sciences at M.G. University. She had been a teacher and researcher at the same institute for more than twenty-four years. She has presented more than 100 papers in high-profile international journals and was a post-doctoral fellow at Kyushu University, Japan. Her research interests include: self-assembled supramolecular materials, green chemistry, molecular sensors, targeted drug delivery and solid-phase peptide synthesis. Dr. Sabu Thomas (Ph.D.) is the Director of the School of Energy Materials, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and a member of the American Chemical Society. He has been ranked no.1 in India about the number of publications (most productive scientists). Prof. Thomas’s research group specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, Fiber filled polymer composites, Particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, Ageing and degradation, Pervaporation phenomena, sorption and diffusion, Interpenetrating polymer systems, Recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, Elastomer cross-linking, Dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Prof. Thomas’s research group has extensive exchange programs with different industries, research, and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in various fields. Professors Centre is equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established state-of-the-art experimental facilities which cater to the needs of researchers within the country and abroad. His H Index- 133, Google Citations- 86424, Number of Publications- 1300, and Books-160.

• 1. Introduction 2. Fundamental aspects of molecular imprinting 3. Parameters that affect molecular imprinting4. Syntheses techniques of molecularly imprinted polymer composites5. Spectroscopic, Crystallographic and Thermal characterisation of molecularly imprinted polymer composites6. Morphological characterisation of molecularly imprinted polymer composites7. Molecularly imprinted polymer composites in biological analysis8. Molecularly imprinted polymer composites in drug delivery9. Molecularly imprinted polymer composites as sensors10. Molecularly imprinted polymer composites in separation sciences11. Molecularly imprinted polymer composites in chiral separation12. Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Composites for Detecting Toxic Contaminants in Agricultural Products13. Molecularly imprinted polymer composites in food analysis14. Molecularly imprinted polymer composites in waste water treatment