Epitope-imprinted polymers for biomacromolecules: Recent strategies, future challenges and selected applications

Molecular imprinted polymers are a promising alternative to natural receptors due to their higher stability and lower production costs, yet with comparable performance and high selectivity. The ‘epitope imprinting approach’, in which only a small sub-unit of the target is used as the template during imprinting provides a solution to overcome several limitations characteristic for biomacromolecular imprinting including availability, complexity,...