Applications of metal-coordinated imprinted polymers

The many beneficial features of metal-coordination interaction, combined with the attractiveness of template polymerisation, make these metal-complexing polymeric receptors a class of potentially useful materials. These functional polymers have been investigated for their usefulness in different analytical applications. 

These applications include (i) sorbents for chemo- and enantioselective separation (ii) highly selective catalysts for chemical transformations (hi) chemical and biological sensors. 

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