MIP Technologies has launched Explorasep4process, a discovery toolbox for identification of new separation materials.
The product consists of 130 different molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) and non-imprinted polymer phases distributed across four different types of chemical functionality relevant for the separation of complex mixtures of chemical compounds.
Explorasep4process will be used in a rapid-screen format to discover novel separation methods.
It is claimed to be an ideal tool for analytical chemists in process divisions of pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries in their search for high-complexity separation solutions.
Anthony Rees, chief executive officer at MIP Technologies, said: 'With Explorasep4process, we have taken the pharmacophore concept and applied it to the separations field.
'With pharmacological receptors, molecules with 'similar' chemical functionalities and geometries - all fitting a similar set of particular properties embodied in a pharmacophore structure - will bind to the same receptor site.
'So with MIPs, molecules possessing similar chemistries to the templates used to construct the MIPs will also bind.'
Explorasep4process has been developed to enable the discovery of separation phases that can be produced efficiently at the process scale and will facilitate the identification of separation or polishing materials for the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries.
The product has been designed with scalability in mind, allowing the company to offer its partners a solution from initial analysis to full-process-scale application.
