Sergey Piletsky

Sergey graduated from Kiev University,[1] Ukraine, obtaining an MSc in chemistry in 1985 and researched on synthesis of the polymers selective for nucleic acids, for which he was awarded with a PhD in 1991.[1] Cranfield University awarded Sergey with a DSc for his work on Molecularly imprinted polymers for diagnostics applications.[1]

Sergey is a recipient of Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award,[1] Leverhulme Trust Fellowship,[1] DFG Fellowship from the Institute of Analytical Chemistry,[1] Award of President of Ukraine,[1] and Japan Society for Promotion of Science and Technology Fellowship.[1]

Sergey's work in molecular imprinting focuses on: (i) the fundamental study of the recognition properties of molecularly imprinted polymers;[2][3][4][5] (ii) the development of sensors and assays for environmental and clinical analysis;[6][7][8][9] and (iii) the development of molecularly imprinted polymers nanoparticles for theranostic applications.[10][11][12][13]

Sergey introduced computational design into the field of molecular imprinting, by scientifically demonstrating that non-covalent interaction between the template molecule and polymer is through the technique 'bite and switch' where functional groups first non-covalently bond with the binding site, but during the rebinding step, the polymer matrix forms irreversible covalent bonds with the target molecule.[14] A number of research groups around the world follow his idea, for developing functional imprinted polymers for a variety of applications.[15][16][17][18]

• Turner, Nicholas W.; Subrahmanyam, Sreenath; Piletsky, Sergey A. (2009-01-26). "Analytical methods for determination of mycotoxins: A review". Analytica Chimica Acta. 632 (2): 168–180. doi:10.1016/j.aca.2008.11.010. ISSN 0003-2670. PMID 19110091.
• Whitcombe, Michael J.; Chianella, Iva; Larcombe, Lee; Piletsky, Sergey A.; Noble, James; Porter, Robert; Horgan, Adrian (2011-02-22). "The rational development of molecularly imprinted polymer-based sensors for protein detection". Chemical Society Reviews. 40 (3): 1547–1571. doi:10.1039/C0CS00049C. hdl:1826/6232. ISSN 1460-4744. PMID 21132204.
• Bossi, A.; Bonini, F.; Turner, A. P. F.; Piletsky, S. A. (2007-01-15). "Molecularly imprinted polymers for the recognition of proteins: The state of the art". Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 22 (6): 1131–1137. doi:10.1016/j.bios.2006.06.023. ISSN 0956-5663. PMID 16891110.
• Surface-grafted molecularly imprinted polymers for protein recognition, A Bossi, SA Piletsky, EV Piletska, PG Righetti, APF Turner, Analytical chemistry 73 (21), 5281-5286[19]
• Electrochemical sensor for catechol and dopamine based on a catalytic molecularly imprinted polymer-conducting polymer hybrid recognition element, Dhana Lakshmi, Alessandra Bossi, Michael J Whitcombe, Iva Chianella, Steven A Fowler, Sreenath Subrahmanyam, Elena V Piletska, Sergey A Piletsky, Analytical Chemistry 81 (9), 3576-3584[20]

• Subrahmanyam, Sreenath; Karim, Kal; Piletsky, Sergey A. (2012), Piletsky, Sergey A.; Whitcombe, Michael J. (eds.), "Computational Approaches in the Design of Synthetic Receptors", Designing Receptors for the Next Generation of Biosensors, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, vol. 12, pp. 131–165, doi:10.1007/5346_2012_22, ISBN 978-3-642-32328-7, retrieved 2022-08-17
• Subrahmanyam, Sreenath; Piletsky, Sergey A. (2009), "Computational Design of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers", Combinatorial Methods for Chemical and Biological Sensors, New York, NY: Springer New York, pp. 135–172, Bibcode:2009cmcb.book..135S, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73713-3_6, ISBN 978-0-387-73712-6, retrieved 2022-08-16
• Poma, Alessandro; Whitcombe, Michael; Piletsky, Sergey (2012), "Plastic Antibodies", Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 105–129, doi:10.1007/5346_2012_24, ISBN 978-3-642-32328-7, retrieved 2022-08-16
• Rouillon, Régis; Piletsky, Sergey A.; Breton, Florent; Piletska, Elena V.; Carpentier, Robert (2006), Giardi, Maria Teresa; Piletska, Elena V. (eds.), "Photosystem II Biosensors for Heavy Metals Monitoring", Biotechnological Applications of Photosynthetic Proteins: Biochips, Biosensors and Biodevices, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 166–174, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-36672-2_15, ISBN 978-0-387-36672-2, retrieved 2022-08-17
• Piletsky S.A., Turner A.P.F. (2006). New generation of chemical sensors based on molecularly imprinted polymers, in: Molecular imprinting of polymers, S. Piletsky and A.P.F. Turner (eds.), Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, USA[21]

• Rationally Designed Selective Binding Polymers (2010), Publication number: 20100009859, Inventors: Sergey A. Piletsky, Olena Piletska, Khalku Karim, Coulton H. Legge, Sreenath Subrahmanyam[22]
• Electrochemical Sensor (2019) Publication number: 20210239643, Inventors: Sergey Piletsky, Omar Sheej Ahamad, Alvaro Garcia Cruz[23]
• Polymerisation method, polymers and uses thereof (2006) Publication number: 20060122288, Inventors: Sergey Piletsky, Olena Piletska, Anthony Turner, Khalku Karim, Beining Chen[24]
• Methods and Kits for determining binding sites (2020) Publication number: 20200033356, Inventors: Sergey Piletsky, Elena Piletska, Francesco Canfarotta, Don Jones[25]
• Photoreactor and Process for Preparing MIP Nanoparticles (2014) Publication number: 20140228472, Inventors: Sergey Piletsky, Olena Piletska, Antonio Guerreiro, Michael Whitcombe, Alessandro Poma[26]

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