Large-pore, silica particles with antibody-like, biorecognition sites for efficient protein separation

and high selectivity for the recognition of BSA. Moreover, such a high binding capacity and selectivity was retained after six runs, indicating a good stability and reusability of MI-LPSPs. Thus, it is expected that a simple synthetic methodology in the present study provides a promising pathway to prepare novel imprinted materials for efficient purification and separation of target proteins.