“…A large number of IIPs and their applications have been reported for selective separation or pre-concentration Cu 2+ (Ebrahimzadeh et al, 2013), Cd 2+ (Lu et al, 2013), Ni 2+ (Jiang et al, 2006), Zn 2+ (Zhao et al, 2007), Hg 2+ (Xu et al, 2012), Pb 2+ (Liu et al, 2011), Fe 2+ (Wang et al, 2013), Th 4+ (He et al, 2007), Tl 3+ (Arbab-Zavar et al, 2011), UO 2 2+ (Milja et al, 2011), Cr 3+ (Birlik et al, 2007) and Ag + (Fan et al, 2011). All of these methods are preparing IIP, nevertheless, surface imprinting technique attracts extensive interest for researchers because several advantages are exhibited such as complete removal of the template ion, fast adsorption kinetics, good selectivity and quick mass transfer (Guo et al, 2014;Luo et al, 2011). To date, a variety of IIP have been synthesized on the basis of surface imprinting technique and widely applied for the solid-phase extraction, metal ion sensor and separation of target ion from wastewaters (Milja et al, 2011;Rao et al, 2006;Zheng et al, 2011).…”