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and the way in which the interactions cooperate to recognize target molecules in many
molecular imprinted polymer systems is not clearly understood. In addition, many
fundamental properties of the molecular imprinted polymers prepared, such as the
dependence of the affinity on cross-linking agent concentration, functional monomer
concentration, buffer composition, ionic strength, pH, and temperature, have not yet to be
systematically studied. It is evident that the development of the molecular modeling and
analytical techniques will enable the better understanding of the effective molecular imprinted
polymer-based receptors.
It is believed that combined with the increasing interest in creating materials which are
capable of mimicking biological processes, the study of molecular imprinted polymers
capable of the selective recognition of peptides, proteins, and other biological
macromolecules will continuously receive considerable attention in the next decades.

Acknowledgement

This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Approval No.
20704019).

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