“…Besides, based on the special preparation process also, the IP had advantages of the long-term stability, structural presupposition, and wide applicability − and had become a research hotspot in the field of separation and purification . As a representative high-level adsorption material with good selectivity, the ion imprinted polymer (IIP) is a developed separation material on the basis of the molecular imprinting technology recently. − For the preparation process is simple and the selectivity for specific ions is excellent and adsorption capacity is large, the material has developed rapidly in the field of adsorption and has been widely used. , At present, in the process of synthesizing IIP, due to the few types of traditional functional monomers, the synthesized IIP has a low binding capacity, performance does not meet the ideal requirements, and postprocessing is relatively complicated. , In the process of using an IIP, there are some problems such as low adsorption capacity, weak recognition ability, difficult desorption, and poor reusability which are caused by problems in the selection and dosage of a cross-linking agent, functional monomer, solvent, and so forth. , Therefore, the challenge in the future is how to choose a suitable imprinting system and synthesize an IIP with excellent adsorption and desorption performance, strong recognition ability, and good reusability through simple operations. , An IIP was generally required to have a high degree of cross-linking (>80%) to ensure the strong rigidity to maintain the shape and integrity of the imprinted cavities. − Because ReO 4 – was a water-soluble target, an IIP focused on it should be prepared in an aqueous solution. , However, there was no suitable cross-linker to meet the demand because all of the frequently-used cross-linker could not resolve in water with so high solubility. , Besides, the accurate separation could not be ensured because the assembly among target ion and functional groups of monomers was mainly realized by the hydrogen bond, but the existence of water would weaken the assembly by competing functional groups with the target ion. , Thus, how to introduce a cross-linker with a high feed ratio and how to improve the selectivity would be key problems of this work…”