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Molecules 2012, 17, 1916-1928; doi:10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) Membranes for Removal of Methylene Blue (MB) Saliza Asman 1,2, Nor Azah Yusof 3,4,*, Abdul Halim Abdullah 3,4 and Md Jelas Haron 3 1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; E-Mail: saliza_asman@ 2 Department of Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja 86400, Johor, Malaysia 3 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti of Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mails: halim@.my (A.H.A.); mdjelas@.my (M.J.H.) 4 Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti of Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: E-Mail: azah@.my; Tel.: +603-8946-6782; Fax: +603-8943-5380. Received: 15 December 2011; in revised form: 2 February 2012 / Accepted: 3 February 2012 / Published: 15 February 2012 Abstract: This work reports the synthesis and characterization of a hybrid molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) membrane for removal of methylene blue (MB) in an aqueous environment. MB-MIP powders were hybridized into a polymer membrane (cellulose acetate (CA) and polysulfone (PSf)) after it was ground and sieved (using 90 µm sieve). MB-MIP membranes were prepared using a phase inversion proces