Polypyrrole/silica/magnetite nanoparticles as a sorbent for the extraction of sulfonamides from water samples

A magnetic solid‐phase extraction sorbent of polypyrrole/silica/magnetite nanoparticles was successfully synthesized and applied for the extraction and preconcentration of sulfonamides in water samples. The magnetite nanoparticles provided a simple and fast separation method for the analytes in water samples. The silica coating increased the surface area that helped to increase the polypyrrole layer. The polypyrrole‐coated silica provided a high extraction efficiency due to the π–π and hydrophobic interactions between the polypyrrole and sulfonamides. Several parameters that affected the extraction efficiencies, i.e. the amount of sorbent, pH of the sample, extraction time, extraction temperature, ionic strength, and desorption conditions were investigated. Under the optimal conditions, the method was linear over the range of 0.30–200 μg/L for sulfadiazine and sulfamerazine, and 1.0–200 μg/L for sulfamethazine and sulfamonomethoxine. The limit of detection was 0.30 μg/L for sulfadiazine and sulfamerazine and 1.0 μg/L for sulfamethazine and sulfamonomethoxine. This simple and rapid method was successfully applied to efficiently extract sulfonamides from water samples. It showed a high extraction efficiency for all tested sulfonamides, and the recoveries were in the range of 86.7–99.7% with relative standard deviations of < 6%.     

Synthesis of a graphene‐based nanocomposite for the dispersive solid‐phase extraction of vancomycin from biological samples

The approach of this work was to study the capability of graphene‐based materials in the field of biological sample preparation. A polypyrrole/graphene composite was synthesized and characterized. The potential of the nanocomposite was investigated as a sorbent in dispersive solid‐phase extraction followed by high‐performance liquid chromatography with UV detection for vancomycin as a model drug. The effect of different parameters influencing extraction efficiency such as sample pH and sample volume, ionic strength, extraction time, type, and volume of desorption solvent and desorption time were investigated. A comparison study was also conducted between polypyrrole/graphene and some different novel and classic sorbents. Under optimized conditions, the calibration curve for vancomycin showed linearity in the range of 0.05–10 μg/mL. In addition, limits of detection, and quantification were 0.003 and 0.01 μg/mL, respectively. The intraday and interday relative standard deviations at a concentration of 0.05 μg/mL (n = 3) were 1.6 and 2.1%, respectively. Furthermore, the proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of vancomycin in plasma and urine samples. The relative recoveries indicated the feasibility of graphene‐based sorbents in biological sample analysis.     

Electrochemically controlled in-tube solid phase microextraction

We report a new in-tube solid phase microextraction approach named electrochemically controlled in-tube solid phase microextraction (EC in-tube SPME). This approach, which combined electrochemistry and in-tube SPME, led to decrease in total analysis time and increase in sensitivity. At first, pyrrole was elctropolymerized on the inner surface of a stainless steel tube. Then, the polypyrrole (PPy)-coated in-tube SPME was coupled on-line to liquid chromatography (HPLC) to achieve automated in-tube SPME–HPLC analysis. After the completion of EC-in-tube SPME–HPLC setup, the PPy-coated tube was used as working electrode for uptake of diclofenac as target analyte. Extraction ability of the tube in presence and in absence of applied electrical field was investigated. It was found that, under the same extraction conditions, the extraction efficiency could be greatly enhanced by using the constant potential. Important factors are also optimized. The detection limit (S/N = 3) and precision were 0.1 μg L⁻¹ and 4.4%, respectively.     

聚吡咯/纳米SiO_2复合材料的制备及氧化性能

采用化学氧化法制备聚吡咯/纳米Si O2(PPy/n Si O2)复合材料,通过扫描电子显微镜和红外光谱对其进行表征,并将其应用到对苯二酚的氧化反应中.结果表明,PPy/n Si O2复合材料中,PPy较均匀地负载在纳米Si O2表面.在弱酸性介质中,PPy/n Si O2对对苯二酚具有很好的氧化性能.反应2 h内,对苯二酚的氧化过程符合表观一级反应动力学.结合紫外-可见光谱法分析表明,聚吡咯通过与对苯二酚之间的氢键相互作用形成聚吡咯活性中间体,将对苯二酚氧化为对苯醌,聚吡咯具有氧化剂和催化剂的双重功能.     

Fabrication of a Nitrate Selective Electrode for Determination of Nitrate in Fertilizers by Using Flow Injection Analysis System

A nitrate ion selective electrode (nitrate-ISE) based on pyrrole modification on a common pencil lead was proposed. The lab-made nitrate-ISE was easily constructed by pyrrole polymerization with nitrate ion as the dopant using cyclic voltammetry. The fabricated nitrate-ISE was then coupled with flow injection analysis (FIA) for an automatic system. The flow potentiometry provided working range of 1x10^-4 to 4x10^-3 mol L^-1 of nitrate and allowed sample throughput up to 50 samples h^-1. Linear regression analysis showed good agreement (r²=0.9961) with Nernstian response. This system was applied to determine nitrate-nitrogen (nitrate-N) in fertilizer samples.     

Determination of direct orange 8 in effluent using a polypyrrole modified electrode

Electrochemical studies of direct orange 8 were carried out with a bare glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and a polypyrrole-coated GCE in aqueous acetonitrile medium using voltammetric techniques. One reversible couple around 0.3?V due to the redox reaction of the phenol group, one reduction peak around ?0.4?V due to reduction of the azo group and one oxidation peak around 1.0?V due to oxidation of the amino group were observed. Chronocoulometric studies revealed dye adsorption on the GCE. A square-wave stripping method was developed for the determination of the dye at pH 13.0, and a linear calibration equation obtained. The reproducibility in the measurement of peak currents was confirmed from the RSD value 2.8% at 0.001?mg?mL^?1 concentration. A comparison of the stripping voltammetric method with the UV-Vis spectrophotometric method was made. The determination limits are wider and the RSD value is lower in the stripping voltammetric method. The concentration of the dye present in dye effluent was determined using this method.     

电化学合成吡咯与己内酰胺导电共聚物

采用恒电位方法实现了吡咯与己内酰胺在导电玻璃电极上的直接电化学共聚,聚合反应在含有0.1mol/L吡咯和1.5 mol/L己内酰胺的硝基甲烷电解质溶液中进行,外加电位控制在1.2 V以上.聚合产物中聚吡咯与聚己内酰胺链段的组成可通过调节合成电位加以控制.共聚物的形貌、结构与性质采用扫描电子显微镜、热重分析、红外光谱等手...     

聚吡咯纳米线凝胶的模板制备及储能与电化学传感性能

以配位聚合物凝胶为模板, 构筑均一的聚吡咯纳米线网络, 聚合后经简单处理除去模板, 得到性能优异的聚吡咯凝胶. 结果表明, 模板法合成的聚吡咯凝胶为由均一纳米线组成的三维网络结构, 具有良好的力学性能、 较大的比表面积及优异的电化学特性, 在0.28 A/g电流密度下, 比电容可达450 F/g, 在2.8 A/g电流密度下充放电1000次, 比电容仍可保持88.6%. 聚吡咯纳米线网络凝胶经葡萄糖氧化酶负载后得到柔性传感电极, 对低浓度(0.2 mmol/L)的葡萄糖具有快速响应性能, 有望用于超级电容器及生物电化学传感器等领域.     

Polypyrrole–montmorillonite nanocomposite as sorbent for solid‐phase microextraction of phenolic compounds in water

A fiber‐coated polypyrrole–montmorillonite nanocomposite was prepared for solid‐phase microextraction. The fiber coating can be prepared easily; it is mechanically stable and exhibits relatively high thermal stability. The prepared fiber was evaluated for the extraction of some phenolic compounds from aqueous sample solutions by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The effects of the extraction and desorption parameters including extraction time, extraction temperature, stirring rate, ionic strength, pH and desorption temperature and time have been studied. At optimum conditions, the repeatability for one fiber (n = 5), expressed as % relative standard deviation was between 6.5 and 7.8% for the phenolic compounds. The detection limits for the studied phenolic compounds were between 0.05–1.3 ng/mL. The developed method offers the advantage of being simple to use, with shorter analysis time, lower cost, thermal stability of the fibers, and high relative recovery in comparison to conventional methods of analysis.     

Extraction of methocarbamol from human plasma with a polypyrrole/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite decorated with magnetic nanoparticles as an adsorbent followed by electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry detection†

In this work, a polypyrrole/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite decorated with Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles was chemically synthesized and applied as a novel adsorbent for the extraction of methocarbamol from human plasma. Electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry was used for the determination of the analyte. The properties of the magnetic‐modified adsorbent were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform IR spectroscopy, and X‐ray diffraction. The effects of experimental parameters on the extraction efficiency of the sorbent were investigated. Under the optimized conditions, the linear dynamic range was found to be 2–150 ng/mL with the detection limit of 0.9 ng/mL. The relative standard deviation was 5.3% for three replicate measurements of methocarbamol in plasma sample. The extraction efficiency of the sorbent for the determination of different drugs with various polarities was also compared to that of Fe₃O₄‐polypyrrole and Fe₃O₄‐multiwalled carbon nanotubes sorbents. Finally, the method was used for the determination of methocarbamol in blood samples.