The release of pharmaceuticals into the environment induces adverse effects on the metabolism of humans and other living species, calling for advanced remediation methods. Conventional removal methods are often non-selective and cause secondary contamination. These issues may be partly solved by the use of recently-developped adsorbents such as molecularly imprinted polymers. Here we review the synthesis and application of molecularly imprinted polymers for removing pharmaceuticals in water. Molecularly imprinted polymers are synthesized via several multiple-step polymerization methods. Molecularly imprinted polymers are potent adsorbents at the laboratory scale, yet their efficiency is limited by template leakage and polymer quality. Adsorption performance of multi-templated molecularly imprinted polymers depends on the design of wastewater treatment plants, pharmaceutical consumption patterns and the population serviced by these wastewater treatment plants.

药物释放到环境中会对人类和其他生物的新陈代谢产生不利影响，需要先进的补救方法。传统的去除方法通常是非选择性的并且会导致二次污染。这些问题可以通过使用最近开发的吸附剂（例如分子印迹聚合物）部分解决。在这里，我们回顾了用于去除水中药物的分子印迹聚合物的合成和应用。分子印迹聚合物是通过几种多步聚合方法合成的。分子印迹聚合物是实验室规模的有效吸附剂，但其效率受到模板泄漏和聚合物质量的限制。