Other techniques using metal ion-imprinting

Another technique was proposed as an efficient method for the preparation of surface-template resins. In surface imprinting, a functional surfactant (emulsilier) that is capable of binding metal ions and functions as a vinyl monomer must orient at the interface between the matrix monomers and water and emulsify the mixture. 

Molecular recognition has drawn much attention with regard to separation chemistry. One of the promising approaches to create molecular-recognising materials is the molecular imprinting method, the concept of which was proposed by Wulff et al. about 20 years ago. The new methodology does not require a precise 

Imprinting polymerisation for recognition and separation of metal ions 

Polymeric Reagents and Catalysis (ACS Symp. Ser. 308), W.T. Ford Ed., American Chemical Society, Washinton DC, p. 186 (1986). 

Kumagai and T. Sugai, Chem. Lett., 995 (1992). 

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