MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL, cilt.148, ss.141-150, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)
In this study, copper (II) ion (Cu+2) imprinted poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-N-metacryloyl-(L)-cysteine methyl ester [PHEMAC-Cu+2] nanoparticles were synthesized by two-phase mini-emulsion polymerization method and applied to the SPR sensor chip surface for the selective determination of the Cu+2 ions in both aqueous solution, Cu+2-spiked artificial urine and physiological serum samples to investigate the effects of metabolite residues during the analysis. The non imprinted [PHEMAC] nanoparticles were synthesized by applying the same procedure for the [PHEMAC-Cu+2] nanoparticle synthesis except the addition of Cu+2 ions as a control experiment to evaluate the selectivity of the [PHEMAC-Cu+2] nanoparticles. Roughness differences between [PHEMAC-Cu+2] and [PHEMAC] nanoparticles showed that the imprinting process of Cu+2 ions was performed successfully. [PHEMAC-Cu+2] and [PHEMAC] SPR biosensors prepared by attaching nanoparticles onto the surface of sensor chips, were characterized by atomic force microscope, ellipsometer, contact angle measurements.