Synthesis and characterization of porous glycidylmethacrylate-divinylbenzene monoliths using the high internal phase emulsion approach

An important part of the research work was dedicated to investigate whether the epoxy group retained its integrity during synthesis and purification. It turned out that the percentage of the exposed epoxy groups that underwent hydrolysis depended on the size of the pores. Pores below a threshold size were not wetted by water and the epoxy groups present inside them were left unchanged. On the contrary, the epoxy groups within pores characterised by a diameter above this threshold underwent hydrolysis.