Ion imprinting technology is a technique to design artificial polymers with a predetermined selectivityand specificity for a given target molecule by cross-linking polymerization in the presence of the target molecule (template). Due to the advantages such as simple preparation method

stable structure

excellent recognization property

rapid adsorption ability and large adsorption capacity

ion imprinted polymer is widely used in ion separation

enrichment

sewage treatment

sensing identification fields

solid phase extraction etc. For the diversity of ion imprinted polymer

the principles

preparation methods and its strongpoints and shortcomings

analysis methods and applications of ion imprinted polymer are reviewed. The future development of ion imprinted polymer are prospected as well.