A major emphasis in biotechnology is the development of synthetic recognition molecules and systems which are specific for a ligand of interest. One branch of molecular design involves the synthesis o...A major emphasis in biotechnology is the development of synthetic recognition molecules and systems which are specific for a ligand of interest. One branch of molecular design involves the synthesis of molecules with specific stereochemical structure designed to recognize and interact with a particular ligand. In contrast, molecular imprinting is a method of constructing a molecule, with specific recognition properties, by having the ligand itself direct the assembly of the desired structure
