“…The growing interest of the scientific community towards the preparation of new advanced materials by green routes, prompted researchers to use cellulose as backbone-based materials to prepare green and biodegradable MIPs. In the last years, several papers on the usage of cellulose and cellulose derivatives as key element in the preparation of biodegradable and biocompatible MIP and IIP were published [ 56 , 59 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 ]. The prepared cellulose-based imprinted polymers were used in many application fields ranging from drug delivery, separation science, and also in environmental analysis of pollutants.…”