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An overall pattern of molecular imprints on a polymer sphere, 20 micrometers in diameter. Mosbach
The self-assembly method for making molecularly imprinted polymers is simple and versatile. First, polymer building blocks, or monomers, bind to target molecules (white) in solution (top left, right).
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