RT Journal Article T1 Magnetic field-induced polymerization of molecularly imprinted polymers A1 Urraca Ruiz, Javier A1 Cortés Llanos, Belén A1 Aroca, Claudio A1 Presa Muñoz del Toro, Patricia de la A1 Pérez García, Lucas A1 Moreno Bondi, Maria C. AB In this work, we developed a novel approach for the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) coatings directly onto magnetic multicore nanoparticles (MMCs) using alternating magnetic fields to trigger the polymerization reaction. MIPs were synthesized with rhodamine 123 (R123) as model template molecule, methacrylic acid as functional monomer, and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate as cross-linker. The amount of iron oxide nano particles and the composition of the polymerization mixture were optimized to enable the thermal polymerization of a thin MIP shell on each MMC using electromagnetic heating without altering the properties of the recognition layer. The thickness of the polymerized MIP layer grafted onto the MMCs was fine-tuned by adjusting the dose of electromagnetic field (101.4 kHz, total power dissipation = 105 W). The resulting magnetic multicore MIP nanoparticles (MMC-MIPs) were characterized by FT-R and X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and dynamic light scattering. PB Amer Chemical Soc SN 1932-7447 YR 2018 FD 2018-05-10 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12188 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12188 LA eng NO © Amer Chemical Soc.This research work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) under projects CTQ2015-69278-C2-1R and MAT2015- 67557-C2-1-P). J.L. Urraca thanks CEI-Moncloa for a post-doctoral contract. B. Cortés-Llanos acknowledges funding from MINECO (FPI program). The authors thank the staff at Micronanofabs Facilities and J.L. Prieto for valuable discussions. NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) NO Campus de Excelencia Internacional (CEI) DS Docta Complutense RD 20 jul 2024