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Molecular imprinting with binary mixtures of different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) is a tool for design of chemically highly sensitive layers for detection of these analytes. Sensor responses increase by one order of magnitude compared with layers imprinted with one type of template. Detection limits, e.g. for pyrene, reach down to 30 ng L−1 in water, as could be observed with a naphthalene and pyrene-imprinted polyurethane. Comparing sensor characteristics obtained by QCM and fluorescence reveals different saturation behaviours indicating that, first, single PAH molecules occupy the interaction centres followed by gradual excimer incorporation at higher concentrations finally leading to substantial quenching, when all accessible cavities are occupied. The plateau in the mass-sensitive measurements suggests that up to 80% of the cavities generated in the MIP are re-occupied. Displacement measurements between chrysene and pyrene revealed that for imprinted layers with very high pyrene sensitivities the signals of both PAH are additive, whereas in materials with lower pyrene uptake the two analytes replace each other in the interaction sites of the polymer.
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Dedicated to Professor Wolfgang Lindner on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
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Lieberzeit, P.A., Halikias, K., Afzal, A. et al. Polymers imprinted with PAH mixtures—comparing fluorescence and QCM sensors. Anal Bioanal Chem 392, 1405–1410 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-008-2413-1
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