Binding isotherms of NIP-PMAA/SiO2 and MIP-PMAA/SiO2 towards phenol, o-cresol and chlorophenol. The binding amount of NIP-PMAA/SiO2 towards three species is equivalent nearly. However, it would be quite different after imprinted with phenol. The binding amount of MIP-PMAA/SiO2 towards phenol doesn??t change, but the binding amount of MIP-PMAA/SiO2 towards o-cresol and chlorophenol is much lower than that towards phenol. The facts mentioned above prove that MIP-PMAA/SiO2 has high affinity, high recognition ability and special selectivity for phenol. This result shows that the surface molecular imprinting technique is feasible and successful