The simple and appealing concept of using templates—small molecules, proteins, or crystals—to synthesize polymers with a structure complementary to the template structure has attracted chemists from several disciplines for more than 50 years. This highlight summarizes some of the most promising recent developments for the generation of templated binding sites and discusses potential applications.
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Börje Sellergren (2000) studied this question.