Surface modified metal-coordinating imprinted polymers

Surface modified metal-coordinating imprinted polymers [Pg.191]

One of the approaches to alleviate these problems is to produce a thin film of the imprinted polymers on the surface of an appropriate reactive solid support [Pg.191]

Molecular imprinting polymerisation of Cu -IDA monomer (4)- )w-imidazole template assemblies on this reactive polymer surface enabled the creation of surface confined metal-complexing polymeric receptors. Faster kinetics for substrate and metal ion removal and reloading were observed with these imprinted polymers when compared to their bulk polymerised counterparts. The substrate recognition capabilities of both kinds of polymers were found to be comparable. This surface imprinting procedure is illustrated in Fig. 6.2. [Pg.192]

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