Iron (III) chloride hexahydrate ACS, sodium acetate (anhydrous ACS), ethylene glycol, ammonium hydroxide 28–30%, ammonium persulfate (APS) (≥98%, Pro-Pure, Proteomics Grade), ethanol (reagent alcohol ACS), and methanol (≥99.8% ACS) were purchased from VWR.
N,N′-Methylenebisacrylamide (99%) was purchased from EMD Millipore.
Trisodium citrate dihydrate (ACS reagent, ≥99.0%),
tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) (reagent grade, 98%),
3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (MPS) (98%), and
poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (OEGMA, average Mn 500, contains 100 ppm MEHQ as inhibitor, 200 ppm BHT as inhibitor) were purchased from Sigma–Aldrich.
4,4′-Azobis(4-cyanovaleric acid) (ACVA, 98%, cont. ca 18% water) and
divinylbenzene (DVB, 80%, mixture of isomers) were purchased from Alfa Aesar and purified by passing a short silica column to remove the inhibitor. N-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)methacrylamide (DMAPMA) was purchased from TCI and also purified by passing a short silica column to remove the inhibitor. The ELISA kit to measure human C-reactive protein (CRP) was purchased from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN). Human CRP protein purified from human serum was from Sigma–Aldrich.
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