“…A number of studies demonstrated the formation of zirconium phosphonate films on various surfaces because of potential applications in catalysis, sensing, electronics, protein immobilization, and separations (Lee et al, 1988; Putvinski et al, 1990; Hong, Sackett, & Mallouk, 1991; Byrd, Pike, & Talham, 1993; Frey, Hanken, & Corn, 1993; Byrd et al, 1994; Nixon et al, 1999; Clearfield et al, 2000; Kohli & Blanchard, 2000; Kumar & Chaudhari, 2000; Benitez et al, 2002; Nonglaton et al, 2004; Mazur, Krysinski, & Blanchard, 2005). Zr(IV) binds strongly to phosphonate monolayers due to metal ion‐ligand crosslinking (Zr(IV) ions coordinate to more than one phosphonate molecule), (Byrd, Pike, & Talham, 1993; Byrd et al, 1994) and multilayer Zr(IV) phosphonate films can also be prepared (Nixon et al, 1999; Clearfield et al, 2000; Kohli & Blanchard, 2000). With regard to phosphopeptide enrichment, Zhou and co‐workers used zirconium phosphonate monolayers immobilized on porous silicon as phosphopeptide affinity probes for MALDI‐TOF‐MS (Zhou et al, 2006).…”