## 1 Introduction  
Phenolic endocrine-disrupting chemicals (PEDCs) in the aqueous environment have become an increasingly serious problem due to the widespread use of fine phenolic chemicals, pesticides, preservatives, and antioxidants in industrial and agricultural production [1; 2]. PEDCs mainly consist of alkyl phenols, bisphenols, and chlorophenols, and they possess a common phenolic moiety that is responsible for their estrogenic activity. Alkyl phenols are usually the main raw material for the synthesis of nonionic surfactants and lubricant additives [3]. Bisphenols are a major member of the PEDCs, which contain two hydroxyphenyl groups in their structure and are widely used in the synthesis of various polymer materials, such as epoxy resins and polysulfone resins [4]. Chlorophenols are widely found in industrial wastewater produced by synthetic pesticides and the paper industry [5]. In daily life, they can enter the human body through drinking water, food, skin contact, and breathing [6; 7]. If exposed for a long time, their environmental persistence, bioaccumulation, high toxicity and estrogenic activity can interfere with the human endocrine system, immune system, and reproductive system, leading to cardiovascular diseases, liver diseases, urinary system diseases, and human fertility diseases, as well as serious harm to the ecological environment and human health [8; 9; 10]. The current removal methods of PEDCs in the water environment can be divided into three categories: physical methods, chemical methods, and biological methods,among which physical methods mainly include activated carbon adsorption and membrane filtration [11]; chemical methods mainly include ozonation, chlorine oxidation, and UV/hydrogen peroxide oxidation [12]; and biological methods mainly include the activated sludge method [13]. Previous studies have shown that trace amounts of PEDCs in the actual water environment cannot be effectively removed by conventional water treatment methods and produce by-products with higher endocrine disrupting effects, requiring the use of highly efficient adsorbent materials for the removal and recovery of PEDCs from the aqueous environment with high recognition, selectivity, and rapid adsorption kinetics for PEDCs [14; 15; 16]. Therefore, the establishment of efficient methods for the removal of phenolic endocrine disruptors from the aqueous environment is essential to assess their environmental persistence and estrogenic activity. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are supramolecular materials with specific recognition that have been widely used in some research fields, such as separation [17], catalysis [18], analytical chemistry [19], and biosensing [20]. Molecularly imprinted polymers are formed by co-polymerizing template molecules and functional monomers using cross-linking agents and then cleaning the template molecules by organic solvent extraction. This imprinting process creates \"imprinted pores\" that match the size, shape and physicochemical properties of the template molecule and are capable of repeatedly binding and recognizing the molecule in the presence of other interfering molecules [21; 22]. Thus, MIPs are characterized by high affinity and selective binding to target molecules, similar to natural receptors. The super cross-linked rigid structure that MIPs have enables them to be stable in physical and chemical environments with high temperatures, high pressure, acidic or alkaline surroundings, and organic solvents [23; 24]. In recent years, molecular imprinting technology has been widely used in the field of water environment treatment, using the selectivity of MIPs to identify and remove PEDCs from the water environment [25; 26; 27; 28]. Usually, most of the MIPs synthesized by traditional free radical polymerization techniques are blocky and granular three-dimensional structures with a wide size distribution, and the template molecules encapsulated inside the MIPs may be left behind during the elution and extraction process [29; 30].