Molecular Imprinting Technique

Molecular imprinting technique is a polymerizing technique to produce molecular recognition materials with high selectivity and affinity. Polymerization is occurred between functional monomers and crosslinker around a template. Extraction of the template forms polymer with molecular memory to the template. It has many applications in the fields of analytical chemistry, catalysis and organic synthesis. We describe its applications in analytical chemistry and especially in the area of chromatography. We emphasize in the application in the field of capillary electrochromatography and also discuss the outlook of the technique.