Chiral tuning polymer properties with

Except for its structural and polar properties, the polymer backbone has been little subjected to any additional effects. Attempts to introduce inherent main chain chirality into the structural part of the molecularly imprinted polymer have, however, been made. For example, cross-linking monomers X9-X11 have all been evaluated for their effects with variable results. Another example is the introduction of cleavable groups into the polymer backbone, to tune the binding properties and the accessibility of the polymeric binding sites further. The disulfide bond in bis-acrylyl-cystamine (X24) can, for example, be reversibly cleaved into the corresponding thiols. 

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