Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Chiral molecular imprinting-based SERS detection strategy for absolute enantiomeric discrimination

  • Maryam Arabi,
  • Abbas Ostovan,
  • Yunqing Wang,
  • Rongchao Mei,
  • Longwen Fu,
  • Jinhua Li,
  • Xiaoyan Wang,
  • Lingxin Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33448-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Absolute chiral discrimination in chiral imprinted systems is complicated by the nonspecific binding of enantiomers. Here, the authors report a SERS “inspector” recognition mechanism to distinguish between specifically and nonspecifically bound enantiomers, even in seawater and urine.