title: Molecular imprinting for removing highly toxic organic pollutants.
abstract: Molecular imprinting technology allows synthesis of polymers with specific recognition ability towards target pollutants, which show potential to selectively remove Highly Toxic Organic Pollutants (HTOPs) in the presence of common organic matrices that are thousands of times more abundant than the targets. This feature article summarizes the current development of molecular imprinting for removing HTOPs from polluted water, with a special emphasis on the application of molecularly imprinted polymers to improve the efficiency of photocatalytic and biological degradation of HTOPs in wastewater.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiantao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Heqing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002384:Catalysis; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D054802:Molecular Imprinting; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010782:Photolysis; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium