Moleculary Imprinted Polymers (Mip's): From Historical Origins To Modern Synthesis Strategies And Applications

Abstract

Despite their high specifity, natural antibodies have a number of significant limitations. This creates an urgent for the development of robust molecular recognition systems, particularly molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs). MIPs model biological mechanisms by synthetically forming an “artificial lock” to identify a “molecular key” while simultaneusly featuring enhanced chemical and thermal stability.