Molecularly imprinted polymers with stimuli-responsive affinity: Progress and perspectives

Wei Chen, Yue Ma, Jianmin Pan*, Zihui Meng, Guoqing Pan, Börje Sellergren

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Abstract

Intelligent stimuli-responsive molecularly imprinted polymers (SR-MIPs) have attracted considerable research interest in recent years due to the potential applications in drug delivery, biotechnology and separation sciences. This review comprehensively summarizes various SR-MIPs, including the design and applications of thermo-responsive MIPs, pH-responsive MIPs, photo-responsive MIPs, biomolecule-responsive MIPs and ion-responsive MIPs. Besides the development of current SR-MIPs, the advantages as well as the disadvantages of current SR-MIPs were also displayed from different angles, especially preparation methods and application fields. We believe this review will be helpful to guide the design, development and application of SR-MIPs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1689-1715
Number of pages27
JournalPolymers
Volume7
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Biomolecule-responsive
  • Ion-responsive
  • Molecularly imprinted polymers
  • Photo-responsive
  • Thermo-responsive
  • pH-responsive

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