Advances in imprinting strategies for selective virus recognition a review

Molecular imprinting enables the fabrication of versatile functional polymers with pre-designed molecular target selectivity, inherent robustness, reusability, and reproducible production. Using advanced synthesis strategies, molecularly imprinted polymers even offer potential for virus recognition, which is of substantial interest as viral analysis and selective detection is a field of continuous development given increasing occurrence of viral variants and drug resistance. In this review, we discuss the most relevant virus imprinting strategies along with critical barriers for synthesizing virus-imprinted materials. Furthermore, selected applications are highlighted.