Patent ID: 6372872
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: C22B,G21F,Y02P

Abstract:
A method for producing a system adapted to interact with a dissolved species, the method comprising providing a first component incorporating a complexing functionality, X, and a polymerisable functionality, R, the complexing functionality being capable of forming a complex with the dissolved species, and providing a second component polymerisable with the first component, the method involving contacting the first component with a dissolved species with which it complexes to form a complexed species and subsequently contacting the first component containing the complexed species with the second component and polymerising the two to produce a polymerization product incorporating the complexing functionality X and complexed species, the method further comprising the removal of the complexed species from the complexing functionality X, wherein the complexed species is removed by sonnicating the polymerisation product.