This paper presents methods of the synthesis and applications of biomimetic catalytic systems produced from molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP). MIPs contain cavities, which are complementary to the imprinted template, thus possess high selectivity and affinity for the molecules resembling template. MIPs have various applications such as: sorption, chromatography, solid phase extraction, drugs transport and catalysis. However, this article is a review of catalytic systems containing in their active sides one of the selected metal ions: copper(II), cobalt(II), zinc(II), iron(III) or nickel(II). Presented catalytic systems are used in hydrolysis, oxidations, hydrogenations and aldol condensation reactions. This review deals with papers published till 2013.
The Dobczyce Reservoir is one of the new man-made lakes located at the Raba River in the Carpath-ian Mountains. The drainage basin is underlain by flysch with a high proportion of sandstone. The river is characterized by great variability of runoff. The mean annual discharge is about 12 m3·s-1. The dam began to function in 1986 and about 2.1 m3·s-1 of fresh water has been withdrawn from the reservoir to Cracow. The model was calculated for estimating Raba River discharge down the reservoir. Analysis of the river discharge before and after the dam construction has shown that one of the most important effects of the Dobczyce Reservoir is a change of the Raba River runoff: mean minimum and maximum monthly dis-charges increased and mean monthly discharge decreased.