Molecularly imprinted beaded polymers and stabilized suspension polymerization of the same in perfluorocarbon liquids

US5872198A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Klaus Mosbach · Halmstad, SE
• Andrew G. Mayes · St Neots, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 1997
• Grant date: Feb 16, 1999
• Expiry date: May 27, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2600/00
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A suspension polymerization technique is provided for molecular imprinting based on the use of a perfluorocarbon liquid as the dispersing phase that does not interfere with the interactions between functional monomers and print molecules required for the recognition process during molecular imprinting, and provides controllable particle sizes within less than about 5 .mu.m to about 100 .mu.m.