Effect of porogen solvent on the synthesis of nickel ion imprinted polymer materials prepared by inverse suspension polymerization

Ion-imprinted polymers (IIPs) for nickel were synthesized by inverse suspension copolymerization of vinylbenzyl iminodiacetic acid (VbIDA) with ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (EDMA) in presence of nickel(II) ions. They were prepared with mixtures of DMSO and acetonitrile, 50/50 %v/v, for IIP-A/D and DMSO and 2* Corresponding author. Tel : +33-4-9414-6729 Fax : +33-4-9414-2448 E-mail address : branger@univ-tln.fr (C.Branger) 1 Present address: Modern Univeristy for Business and Science, School of Health Sciences, Damour, Near Mechref Entrance. Lebanon.