molecularly imprinted polymer sorbent

initialism: MIPS
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10248

Porous polymer sorbent with synthetic recognition sites with a high specificity for the sorption of a targeted compound or group of structurally-related compounds.

Note: The imprint is obtained by the co-polymerization of functional and crosslinking monomers in the presence of a template molecule (the analyte) and a porogen. The resultant imprint possesses a steric (size and shape) and chemical (spatial arrangement of complementary functional groups) memory of the template molecule that enable the sorbent to selectively rebind the template molecule from a complex matrix.
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 517. (Glossary of terms used in extraction (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)) on page 543 [Terms] [Paper]