“…Since their development in the 1990s 1,2 polymer monoliths with an interconnected network of pores have attracted significant attention, in particular as materials for solid phase chemistry, 3 as catalytic supports, [4][5][6][7][8] metal chelating agents, 9 tissue engineering scaffolds, 10,11 controlled release devices, 12 absorbents, 13 chromatography, 2,3,[14][15][16] and for extraction and sample preparation. 9,[17][18][19] The polymer monoliths are characterised as a permanently rigid continuous piece of material with an open cellular porous structure, which allows fluid to flow through.…”