Plasma polymerization, polymer-immobilized

A multi-microsensor array of potentiometric MIP chemosensors has been devised for determination of a serotonin neurotransmitter [180]. In the toluene porogenic solvent solution, the MAA functional monomer and the EGDMA cross-linker were polymerized in the presence of the serotonin hydrochloride template (Table 6). Subsequently, the resulting MIPs were immobilized on a plasma polymer layer by swelling and polymerization. Plasma polymerization was performed using styrene or ethylbenzene as the monomer. The chemosensor fabricated that way was appreciably responsive to serotonin while selectivity to serotonin analogues, like acetaminophen... 

Fig. 3 DNA immobilized on plasma polymerized synthetic polymer-coated substrate...

Low-pressure cascade arc torch polymerization or coating could be considered more or less the same as the plasma polymerization or coating by other conventional plasma processes. The ultrathin layers prepared by LPCAT polymerization have the general characteristics of plasma polymers, i.e., amorphous (noncrystalline), high concentration of the dangling bonds (free radicals trapped in immobile solid phase), and the high degree of the internal stress in the layer. 

Applications of thin plasma-polymerized films in microelectronics, gas separation, and catalysis, such as new types of immobilized polymer-based catalysts, have been already... 

B. Preparation of Polymer-Immobilized Nanoparticles by Plasma Polymerization... 

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