Raman Studies on Surface-Imprinted Polymers to Distinguish the Polymer Surface, Imprints, and Different Bacteria.

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are widely used as robust biomimetic recognition layers in sensing devices targeting a wide variety of analytes including microorganisms such as bacteria. Assessment of imprinting success and selectivity toward the target is of great importance in MIP quality control. We generated -imprinted poly(styrene--DVB) as a model system for bacteria-imprinted polymers via surface imprinting using a glass stamp with covalently immobilized .