Patent ID: 9594080
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A method for making a molecular recognition matrix comprising, in order, the steps of: providing one or more molecules for use as molecule building blocks and a substrate having a surface capable of interacting with the molecule building blocks; providing one or more template molecules; adding the molecule building blocks and the template molecules separately to one or more solvents to create a deposition solution wherein the molecule building blocks are soluble in the one or more solvents; adding the substrate to the deposition solution to create a matrix via the interaction between the molecule building blocks and the surface of the substrate where the molecule building blocks interact with the surface of the substrate and there is no bonding between the molecule building blocks and the templates; removing the substrate containing the matrix from the deposition solution; and rinsing the substrate containing the matrix with a different one or more solvents or other solutions to extract the template molecules thereby creating an imprinted substrate.