“…Therefore, adsorption method is a preferred separation method for metal ions because of its simple, rapid, and high efficiency. PolyHIPEs with oxygen‐, nitrogen‐, and sulfur‐containing functional groups, or grafted with EDTA, aniline, pyridine, crown ether, or other organic compounds, have been successfully demonstrated effective in the adsorption separation of various metal ions, including Ag + [36], Cs + [129, 130], Li + [131–135], Rb + [130, 135], Cd 2+ [36, 136–138], Cu 2+ [36, 75,103, 138–143], Hg 2+ [144], Ni 2+ [98], Pb 2+ [72, 136, 142, 145], Sr 2+ [130, 135], Zn 2+ [143], Cr(IV) [146, 147], plutonium ions [148, 149], and rare‐earth metal ions (Ce 3+ , La 3+ ) [150] through direct adsorption or ion‐exchange process.…”