Thermo-sensitive imprinted polymer embedded carbon dots using epitope approach.A new type of thermo-sensitive receptor carbon dots/SiO2/molecularly imprinted polymer (CDs/SiO2/MIP) was prepared by surface imprinting procedure and the epitope approach.  The proposed strategy revealed the feasibility of fabrication of a thermo-sensitive imprinted polymer based on CDs and surface imprinting procedure and the epitope approach.
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