Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensors

This chapter summarizes the major advances in the development of electrochemical sensors based on molecularly imprinted polymers as recognition element. A comprehensive and critical analysis of such chemical sensors, grouped around the different types of transduction is presented. The relevance of the type of transduction in defining the requirements for the design of MIPs and the different strategies for coupling MIPs to potentiometric, conductometric, impedimetric, voltammetric, and amperometric sensors are presented. The analytical characteristics of the different sensors are compiled in tables for easy comparison.