SMI Groups

Sergey Piletsky's group

Group location: United Kingdom (Europe)

Group description:
Sergey's Group is located in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leicester, UK.

Members of the group include:

• Prof. Sergey Piletsky                      publications1  publications2
• Dr. Elena Piletska          profile      publications1  publications2

The groups research activities fall under the following broad categories:

• MIP adsorbents for extraction of drugs and biopharmaceuticals
• MIPs for sensors and assays in clinical diagnostics
• MIP nanoparticles for diagnostics and therapeutic applications
• Solid-phase synthesis of MIP nanoparticles
• Computational design and molecular modelling
• Synthesis of new functional monomers
• MIPs for control of Quorum Sensing in bacteria
• Fundamental analysis of MIP recognition properties

Selected Publications from the Leicester Biotechnology Group:

1. Abdulsada, SH, et al., Generic strategy for the synthesis of highly specific Au/MIP nanozymes and their application in homogeneous assays. 2025, 6, 378-387. doi: 10.1039/D4MA00917G
2. Muhammad, T et al., Solid phase synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers for analytical and life science applications. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2025, 184, 118134. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2025.118134
3. Piletsky, SA & Piletsky, SS, Molecularly imprinted polymers as artificial catalysts – Recent trends and emerging applications. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2025, 193, 118435. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2025.118435
4. Poma A et al., Solid-Phase Synthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanoparticles with a Reusable Template-"Plastic Antibodies". Advanced Functional Materials, 3013, 23, 2821-2827. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201202397
5. Chianella I et al., Direct Replacement of Antibodies with Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanoparticles in ELISA - Development of a Novel Assay for Vancomycin. Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85, 8462-8468. doi: 10.1021/ac402102j
6. Piletska EV et al., Passive Control of Quorum Sensing: Prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation by Imprinted Polymers. Biomacromolecules, 2011, 12, 1067-1071. doi: 10.1021/bm101410q
7. Piletska E et al., Rational design and development of affinity adsorbents for analytical and biopharmaceutical applications. Journal of the Chinese Advanced Materials Society, 2013, 1, 229-244. doi: 10.1080/22243682.2013.839207
8. Whitcombe MJ et al., The rational development of molecularly imprinted polymer-based sensors for protein detection. Chemical Society Reviews, 2011, 40, 1547-1571. doi: 10.1039/C0CS00049C
9. Piletska EV et al., Influence of the Polymerization Conditions on the Performance of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers. Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 4921-4928. doi: 10.1021/ma900432z

Group address:
Department of Chemistry,
University of Leicester,
George Porter Building,
University Road,
Leicester,
LE1 7RH, UK

Group website:
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/research/chemistry-of-life/diagnostics-and-sensing

Contact email: sp523@le.ac.uk


Group entry created by Mike Whitcombe on 2015-12-02 11:26:26