Surface molecularly imprinted polymers (SMIPs) have attracted increasing research interest with potential applications such as chromatographic separations

solid phase extraction and chemo/biosensors in the last decade. The surface imprinting technology attempts to build molecular recognition systems on the supporting materials surface and enables template molecules to locate in the proximity or at the surface of the MIP. So compared to the conventional imprinted polymers

SMIPs exhibit more complete removal of templates

higher binding capacity

and faster binding kinetics. This short review discusses the recent progress in the field of surface molecularly imprinted technology and summarize the various supporting substrates employed to build molecular imprinted polymer with focus on the silicon material

magnetic material

carbon nanotubes and graphene.