Patent ID: 6660780
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
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 compound having a headgroup portion, wherein the headgroup portion comprises an imprint group, (b) combining the surfactant compound, a solvent and at least one reactive monomer to form a mixture and maintaining the mixture so that molecules of the surfactant compound self-assemble to form at least one supramolecular structure having a surface wherein the imprint groups are exposed on the surface and so that the supramolecular structure serves as a template wherein the molecules of the reactive monomer self-organize along the surface of the supramolecular structure and around the exposed imprint groups, (c) maintaining the mixture from step (b) 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 having indentations complementary to the shape of the exposed imprint groups, and (d) removing the supramolecular structure from the solid structure.