Patent ID: 6583191
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C01B,C01P,C09C,Y10T

Abstract:
A molecularly imprinted solid structure made by a method comprising the steps of(a) providing a surfactant coupled to an imprint group, (b) combining the surfactant with a solvent to form a mixture and maintaining the mixture so that molecules of the surfactant self-assemble to form at least one supramolecular structure having a surface and wherein the imprint groups are exposed on the surface, (c) combining the mixture from step (b) with at least one reactive monomer so that the supramolecular structure serves as a template for the organizing of molecules of the reactive monomer along the surface of the supramolecular and around the exposed imprint groups, (d) maintaining the mixture from step (c) so that the reactive monomers react with each other to form a solid structure having a surface topography complementary to the surface topography of the supramolecular structure and having indentations complementary to the shape of the exposed imprint groups, and (e) removing the supramolecular structure from the solid structure.