“…The template molecule, ciprofloxacin hemisuccinamide (CIP-HS), was synthesized according to a modified version of the procedure given by Noël et al [27]. Glass beads (Spheriglass-2429, 70-100 µm average particle size, Potters, UK) were aminated and grafted with the template as previously described [26]. The acrylic acid (AA), chlortetracycline (CTX), ciprofloxacin (CIP), danofloxacin (DAN), enrofloxacin (ENR), N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAm), levofloxacin (LEV), lomefloxacin (LOM), N,N -methylene-bis-acrylamide (BIS), morpholinoethansulfonic acid (sodium salt, MES), moxifloxacin (MOX), norfloxacin (NOR), sarafloxacin (SAR), N-tert-butylacrylamide (TBAm), ammonium persulphate (APS) and N,N,N ,N -tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) that were used in this study were purchased from Merck (Milan, Italy).…”