Separation,pre-concentration and determination of trace amounts of lead(II) ions in environmental samples using two functionalised nanoporous silica gels containing a dipyridyl sub-unit

In this study, two functionalised nanoporous silica gels containing dipyridyl sub-unit (SiL1 and SiL2) as selective solid-phase extraction materials for separation, pre-concentration and determination of trace levels of Pb(II) ions by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) was investigated. The experimental parameters including pH, amounts and type of sorbent, sample volume, eluent type and interfering ions on the recovery of the target analytes were investigated, and the optimal experimental conditions were established. Under the optimised operating conditions with the SiL2 as sorbent, an enrichment factor of 300 was obtained. The detection limit based on three times standard deviations of the blanks was 150 ng L^–1. The proposed method was applied to the determination of lead in natural and wastewater samples with satisfactory results (recoveries greater than 96.5%, RSDs lower than 5.0%).     

Preparation of phenothiazine bonded silica gel as sorbents of solid phase extraction and their application for determination of nitrobenzene compounds in environmental water by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

In this paper, two phenothiazine bonded silica (PTZ-Si) sorbents were prepared and used as sorbents of solid-phase extraction (SPE) for the determination of nitrobenzene compounds in environmental water samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Different synthesis routes were proposed to obtain high bonded amount of PTZ on the surface of silica gel. PTZ molecule was derived to its amino or acyl chloride derivatives for reacting with isocyanate or amino silane coupling agent, which was further reacted with the surface silanol groups of silica gel to obtain the PTZ-Si sorbents. The resultant PTZ-Si sorbents were characterized by nitrogen sorption porosimetry (NSP), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and elemental analysis (EA) to assure the successful bonding of PTZ on the surface of silica gel. Then the PTZ-Si sorbents were served as SPE sorbents for the enrichment of nitrobenzene compounds. Several parameters affecting the extraction performance were investigated. Under the optimized conditions, the proposed method was applied to the analysis of six nitrobenzene compounds in environmental water samples. Good linearities were obtained for all nitrobenzene compounds with R(2) larger than 0.9958. The limits of detection were found to be in the range of 0.06-0.3 ng/mL. The method recoveries of nitrobenzene compounds spiked in water samples were from 71.4% to 124.3%, with relative standard deviations (RSDs) less than 10.1%.     

Simultaneous determination of the herbicides diquat and paraquat in water

A method based on solid-phase extraction (on silica cartridges) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) followed by diode array UV detection is presented as an analytical tool for screening diquat (DQ) and paraquat (PQ) in drinking waters. The method is useful for quality control laboratories of water companies and beverage industries. Absolute recoveries of DQ and PQ from drinking water (25 mL in all cases), spiked at levels between 0.1, 1.0, and 5.0 microg/L, range from 91% to 103%. Relative standard deviation percentages are between 3% and 11%. Quantitation and detection limits are 70 and 40 ng/L for DQ and 90 and 60 ng/L for PQ, respectively; therefore, these herbicides can be detected and quantitated at levels below the limits established by the European Union.     

Evaluation of beta-cyclodextrin bonded silica as a selective sorbent for the solid-phase extraction of 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol.

A beta-cyclodextrin bonded silica was synthesized by using a convenient method, and was evaluated as a selective sorbent for the solid-phase extraction of 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol. When double-distilled water was used as the sample matrix, the sorbent showed a strong capacity to adsorb 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol; the recoveries were found to be 96% and 99%, respectively, with a 1 L water sample. The selectivity of the sorbent was investigated by using a washing step with methanol. Most of the phenols were washed out with 5 mL of methanol, while 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol still gave recoveries of 94% and 90%. The solution for efficiently eluting the analytes was optimized and the effect of the inorganic salt on the extraction was examined. In order to investigate the potentiality of the sorbent in dealing with real water samples, water from Donghu lake (Wuhan, China) spiked with nine phenolic compounds at microgram per liter levels were preconcentrated on this cartridge.     

π-hole bonding: A new retention mechanism for the solid phase extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the hexane extracts of soil samples

In this work, the perfluorobenzene-bonded silica sorbent was tested to adsorb polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in hexane. In the comparison experiments, the perfluorobenzene-bonded sorbent's performance was better than octadecyl silica sorbent and phenyl-bonded silica sorbents, which indicated that the π-hole···π bonds between perfluorobenzene and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were stronger than π···π interactions and hydrophobic interactions in hexane. Then the perfluorobenzene-bonded silica sorbent was applied to solid-phase extraction of 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the hexane extracts of soil samples directly without the solvent replacement, which simplified the soil pretreatment process. And the results showed that under the optimal conditions, the proposed method for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the environment soil presented good recoveries and stabilities for the 10 heavier polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with the recoveries ranging from 75.1% to 104.6% and the relative standard deviations being in the range of 1.4%–5.8%. The limits of detection of the method varied from 0.1 to 2 ng/g. This work reveals the great application potential of the π-hole bond as a new retention mechanism in the field of solid-phase extraction.     

Determination of antibiotic compounds in water by solid-phase extraction-high-performance liquid chromatography-(electrospray) mass spectrometry

We developed a sensitive method based on solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry using an electrospray interface for the determination of four tetracyclines and two quinolones in water. The method was applied to river, well and sewage-treatment-plant waters. For the solid-phase extraction of 1000 ml river water samples, recoveries were between 88 and 112% and limits of detection were as low as 4 and 6 ng l(-1). Recoveries were higher than 64% for 1000 ml well water samples for the majority of the compounds. For the influent and effluent of the sewage-treatment-plant sample volumes of 100 and 250 ml were extracted, respectively. The method developed allowed ciprofloxacin to be determined in samples from the influent and effluent of the sewage-treatment-plant at 0.58 and 0.60 microg l(-1), respectively.     

Isolation and recovery of selected polybrominated diphenyl ethers from human serum and sheep serum: coupling reversed-phase solid-phase disk extraction and liquid-liquid extraction techniques with a capillary gas chromatographic electron capture negative ion mass spectrometric determinative technique

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are isolated and recovered with acceptable percent recoveries from human serum via liquid-liquid extraction and column chromatographic cleanup and fractionation with quantitation using capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with electron capture negative ion and selected ion monitoring. PBDEs are found in unspiked serum. An alternative sample preparation approach is developed using sheep serum that utilizes a formic acid pre-treatment followed by reversed-phase solid-phase disk extraction and normal-phase solid-phase cleanup using acidified silica gel that yields>50% recoveries. When these percent recoveries are combined with a minimized phase ratio for human serum and very low instrument detection limits, method detection limits below 500 parts-per-trillion are realized.     

固相萃取-微乳液相色谱法测定环境水体中的3种酚类化合物

建立了固相萃取-微乳液相色谱法同时测定环境水体中的苯酚、双酚A (BPA)、2,4-二氯苯酚3种酚类化合物的检测方法。水样加酸酸化后,经C18固相萃取小柱富集净化,用微乳液相色谱法测定3种目标物的含量。在Inertsil C18色谱柱(150 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm)上以微乳(3.0%十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)-6.0%正丁醇-0.8%正庚烷-90.2%(水+0.5%HAc))和乙腈作为流动相进行梯度洗脱,流速1.0 mL/min,检测波长280 nm。结果表明,苯酚、双酚A、2,4-二氯苯酚的检出限(S/N=3)依次为0.74、8.0、8.0 μg/L,线性范围在0.1~10 mg/L范围内,相关系数(r)均大于0.999。将3种酚类化合物定量加到空白水样中,苯酚、双酚A、2,4-二氯苯酚的加标回收率分别为82.7%、87.8%、82.6%,其RSD均小于5%(n=6)。对环境水样的酚类化合物分析也取得了良好的加标回收率,其值均在85.7%~113.2%之间。结果表明,该方法准确可靠、灵敏度高,适用于环境水体中酚类化合物的检测。     

Dispersive solid-phase extraction based on butylamide silica for the determination of sulfamethoxazole in milk samples by capillary electrophoresis

A new method based on the combination of dispersive solid-phase extraction and capillary electrophoresis is proposed for the determination of sulfamethoxazole in milk samples. Butylamide silica was synthesized and used as extractant. Factors involved in sample treatment method such as: butylamide silica amount, NaOH concentration in methanol, sample volume, and dispersion time were evaluated using a Taguchi parameter design. Under optimal conditions, average recoveries ranged from 73 to 85% with a limit of detection of 0.05?mg?L^?1 were achieved. The proposed method is a useful technique for cleanup milk samples.     

Determination of Rare earth elements in environmental samples by solid phase extraction ICP OES

A simple sample pre-treatment method for rare earth elements enrichment from environmental water samples prior to optical emission spectrometry determination with inductively coupled plasma (ICP OES) is proposed based on solid phase extraction with octadecyl silica gel modified with 1,2,5,8-tetrahydroxyanthraquinone. Optimal experimental conditions including pH of sample solution, sample volume, type, concentration and volume of eluent were investigated and established. Rare earth elements ions were quantitatively adsorbed from aqueous solution onto octadecyl silica gel modified with Quinalizarin at pH 7.0. The adsorbed ions were eluted with 1.0 mL of 2 M HNO₃ and simultaneously determined by ICP OES. Under obtained optimum conditions the calibration curves were linear with the coefficient of variation better than 0.99. The limit of detection of the method for the studied elements was in the range of 0.0004–0.01 ng/mL. The proposed method has a pre-concentration factor of 320–450 in water samples, which results in high sensitivity detection of trace ions. The developed method gave recoveries better than 80% and RSDs less than 15%.     

Comparison of solvent extraction and solid-phase extraction for the determination of organochlorine pesticide residues in water.

Solid-phase extraction (SPE) of organochlorine pesticide residues from environmental water samples was evaluated using octadecyl (C18)-bonded porous silica. The efficiency of SPE of these pesticide residues from reagent water samples at 1-5 micrograms dm-3 levels was compared with those obtained by solvent extraction with hexane and Freon TF (trichlorotrifluoroethane). Average recoveries exceeding 80% for these organochlorine pesticides were obtained via the SPE method using small cartridges containing 100 mg of 40 microns C18-bonded porous silica. The average recovery by solvent extraction with hexane and Freon TF exceeded 90% in both instances. It was concluded that the recoveries and precision for the SPE of organochlorine pesticides were poorer than those for the solvent extraction method. Organochlorine pesticide residue levels in environmental water samples from two major rivers flowing through predominantly rice-growing areas were monitored by gas chromatography using the solvent extraction method with hexane. Exceptionally high levels of organochlorine pesticide residues such as BHC, DDT, heptachlor, endosulfan and dieldrin were found in these water samples.     

Chemically functionalized silica gel with alizarin violet and its application for selective solid-phase extraction of lead from environmental samples

A new material for solid-phase extraction of Pb(II) was prepared using chemically functionalized silica gel with alizarin violet. This material is stable in 6molL(-1) of HCl, 6molL(-1) of H(2)SO(4), common organic solvents and pH 1.0-9.0 aqueous solutions. The influences of analytical parameters including pH of the aqueous solution, amount of the functionalized silica gel, stirring time and flow rates of sample solutions on the quantitative recoveries of Pb(II) were investigated. At the optimum conditions, Pb(II) can be adsorbed with almost 100.0% retention, the adsorption equilibration for Pb(II) was achieved within 15min, and the adsorption capacity of the sorbent for Pb(II) is 3.45mgg(-1) of dry functionalized silica gel. For Pb(II) solution of 10ngmL(-1), the pre-concentration factor is as high as 500, and the recovery is higher than 92%. The new solid-phase extractant has been used for the pre-concentration of low level of Pb(II) in water and soil samples with high recoveries. The standard reference water sample (GSBZ 50009-88(2)) was introduced for accuracy and precision of analytical data.     

苯基修饰二氧化硅纳米片纤维的制备及其对多环芳烃的固相微萃取

采用水热处理和溶胶-凝胶法在镍钛合金（NiTi）纤维表面组装了二氧化硅纳米片（SiO₂NFs）,成功制备了新型SiO₂纤维涂层,并用苯基三氯硅烷进行了自组装表面修饰,得到了可用于固相微萃取（SPME）的NiO/TiO₂@SiO₂NFs-Ph纤维。将制备的SPME纤维与高效液相色谱联用,通过对典型芳香化合物的分析评价了所制备纤维的萃取性能。该纤维对多环芳烃（PAHs）具有较高的萃取率和良好的萃取选择性。实验优化了pH值、搅拌速率、萃取温度、萃取时间和离子强度对PAHs萃取率的影响。在优化条件下,5种PAHs在各自的范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数（r）大于0.999,检出限为0.013~0.108 μg/L。使用单根纤维对含有50 μg/L PAHs的加标水样进行萃取,其含量的日内及日间RSD分别为4.1%~5.9%和4.8%~6.8%。实际环境水样中5种PAHs在10 μg/L和30 μg/L加标水平下的加标回收率分别为90.8%~105.7%和93.6%~103.1%。该法制备的NiO/TiO₂@SiO₂NFs-Ph纤维稳定性高、制备重现性好,适用于环境水样中目标PAHs的富集和测定。     

Trace-level determination of triazines and several degradation products in environmental waters by disk solid-phase extraction and micellar electrokinetic chromatography

An analytical method combining disk solid-phase extraction with micellar electrokinetic chromatography has been developed for the determination of atrazine, simazine, hydroxyatrazine, deisopropylatrazine, deethylatrazine, propazine and prometryn in water samples. The influence of the buffer and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) concentration, pH and organic modifier on the separation has been studied. Baseline separation of the seven triazines was achieved under the following conditions: 10 mM borate buffer, 60 mM SDS, 20% methanol and pH 9.2. C18-bonded silica and poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) (PS-DVB) disks were evaluated for solid-phase extraction of the selected pesticides (11 of water sample). Using two PS-DVB disks, quantitative recoveries were obtained for all pesticides tested. The method was successfully applied for the determination of the seven triazines in drinking and well water at the 0.1 microg l(-1) and 0.5 microg l(-1) concentration levels, respectively. The detection limits for these analytes using the proposed analytical method were within the 0.02-0.06 microg l(-1) range in drinking water and the 0.06-0.30 microg l(-1) range in well water.     

磁性Fe3O4亚微米球固相萃取-HPLC检测水中植物生长调节剂残留

建立了水中2,4-二氯苯氧乙酸(2,4-D)、萘乙酸(NAA)和6-芐基腺嘌呤(6-BA)3种植物生长调节剂残留分析的高效液相色谱方法.采用溶剂热还原法,以乙二醇和FeCl3·6H2O作原料,合成出形貌均一、分散性好、稳定性佳的磁性Fe3O4亚微米球,作为固相萃取材料,以静电吸附作用可以富集水中残留的2,4-D、NAA、6-BA 3种植物生长调节剂.水样经调节pH值和固相萃取净化后,高效液相色谱法测定.3种植物生长调节剂在0.1 ～10 mg/L范围内响应和浓度的线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.999;2,4-D、NAA、6-BA的检测限分别为0.06、0.02、0.04 mg/L.在测定的自来水、河水和湖水3种水样中,添加回收率范围为73.20％ ～87.21％,相对标准偏差为1.11％ ～7.52％(n=3),为水中的2,4-D、NAA和6-BA残留监控提供了简单、快速、准确的测定方法.     

Analysis of herbicides in water using temperature-responsive chromatography and an aqueous mobile phase

A simple and rapid method has been developed for herbicides in water using temperature-responsive liquid chromatography (LC) and a column packed with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm), a polymer anchored on the stationary-phase surface of modified silica. PNIPAAm reversibly changes its hydrophilic/hydrophobic properties in water in response to temperature. The method was used to determine five sulfonylurea and three urea herbicides. Separation was achieved with a 10 mM ammonium acetate (pH 3.0) isocratic aqueous mobile phase, and by changing the column temperature. The analytes were extracted from water by off-line solid-phase extraction (SPE) with an N-vinyl-pyrrolidone polymer cartridge. The average recoveries of the eight herbicides from spiked pure water, tap water and river water were 70-130% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of <10%. The limits of quantitation (LOQ) of the eight herbicides were between 1 and 4 microg l(-1).     

Suitability of microwave-assisted extraction coupled with solid-phase extraction for organophosphorus pesticide determination in olive oil

A systematic study of the microwave-assisted extraction coupled to solid-phase extraction of nine organophosphorus pesticides (dimethoate, diazinon, pirimiphos methyl, parathion methyl, malathion, fenthion, chlorpyriphos, methidathion and azinphos methyl) from olive oil is described. The method is based on microwave-assisted liquid-liquid extraction with partition of organophosphorus pesticides between an acetonitrile-dichloromethane mixture and oil. Cleanup of extracts was performed with ENVI-Carb solid-phase extraction cartridge using dichloromethane as the elution solvent. The determination of pesticides in the final extracts was carried out by gas chromatography-flame photometric detection and gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, using a triple quadrupole mass analyzer, for confirmative purposes. The study and optimization of the method was achieved through experimental design where recovery of compounds using acetonitrile for partition ranged from 62 to 99%. By adding dichloromethane to the extracting solution, the recoveries of more hydrophobic compounds were significantly increased. Under optimized conditions recoveries of pesticides from oil were equal to or higher than 73%, except for fenthion and chlorpyriphos at concentrations higher than 0.06microgg(-1) and diazinon at 0.03microgg(-1), with RSDs equal to or lower than 11% and quantification limits ranging from 0.007 to 0.020microgg(-1). The proposed method was applied to residue determination of the selected pesticides in commercial olive and avocado oil produced in Chile.     

Poly(lauryl methacrylate-co-1,6-hexanediol ethoxylate diacrylate) modified silica-based dispersive solid-phase extraction for determination of phenylurea herbicides in environmental water samples

In this study, poly(lauryl methacrylate-co-1,6-hexanediol ethoxylate diacrylate) (LMA-HEDA) was synthesised on silanised silica through free-radical cross-linking polymerisation process. The optimal preparation process was obtained by investigating the effects of polymerisation temperature and reaction time. Characterisation of the LMA-HEDA-modified silica was achieved using diffuse reflectance FT-IR. The resulting LMA-HEDA-modified silica was then utilised as a sorbent for dispersive solid-phase extraction (dSPE) of phenylurea herbicides (PUHs) from various environmental water samples. The optimisation of LMA-HEDA-based dSPE process was achieved by investigating the effect of the following parameters including extraction time, pH of sample solution, composition of elution solvent and addition of salt on the extraction recovery of PUHs from water samples. Gradient elution was performed to analyse the extracted PUHs by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV-photodiode array detection. Acceptable matrix effect was observed using the proposed LMA-HEDA-based dSPE-HPLC-UV for determining PUHs in environmental water samples. Relatively low detection limits (0.027–0.053 ng mL^?1) and good linearity (0.1–4.0 ng mL^?1; r² > 0.999) for individual PUHs were obtained using the proposed method. The proposed method offered detection limits lower than the allowed permissible level (0.1 ng mL^?1) set by European Union. The enrichment factors of target PUHs were also estimated at 40.3–47.7. Good extraction recoveries (80.1–97.9%) for PUHs-spiked water samples were obtained with relative standard deviations lower than 8.7%. The intra-day/inter-day precision (0.7–4.6%/0.2–5.9%) and accuracy (96.7–104.2%/95.3–103.6%) of the proposed method were also evaluated in this study. In addition, the applicability of the developed method was demonstrated by the measurement of PUHs in various environmental water samples.     

Simple and Sensitive Determination of Aromatic Acids in Coconut Water by g-C3N4@SiO2Based Solid-phase Extraction and HPLC-UV Analysis

In this study, graphitic carbon nitride deposited silica(g-C₃N₄@SiO₂) was prepared by simple pyrolysis of melamine on silica and then used as a solid-phase extraction(SPE) sorbent for the extraction of four representative aromatic acids including benzoic acid(BA), salicylic acid(SA), indolyl-3-butyricacid(IBA) and naphthalene acetic acid(NAA) in coconut water(CW) samples. g-C₃N₄@SiO₂ exhibited an excellent adsorption capacity for the four aromatic acids, which are in the concentration range of 500-558.8 μg/g. The four aromatic acids could be directly captured by g-C₃N₄@SiO₂ from CW samples within 5 min. Thus, a rapid, simple and effective method for the analysis of four aromatic acids in CW samples was developed by coupling g-C₃N₄@SiO₂-based SPE with high performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet(HPLC-UV) detection. The linearity of the developed method was in the range of 20-1000 ng/mL and its limit of detection was in the range of 1.9-5.7 ng/mL, which were signi-ficantly lower than those of the reported similar methods. The intra-day and inter-day precisions(based on the relative standard deviation, n=3) of the four aromatic acids were under 9.5% and 10.4%, respectively. The developed method was applied to determining the four aromatic acids in real CW samples and the spiked recoveries varied from 81.1% to 121.8%.     

Determination of triazines in soil by microwave-assisted extraction followed by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

A method for determining triazine herbicides in soil samples that combines microwave-assisted extraction with solid-phase microextraction is described. Water containing 1% methanol was employed as extractant. The parameters of solid-phase microextraction and microwave-assisted extraction were investigated. In solid-phase microextraction, particular attention was paid to the negative effect of salt on fiber stability. Our experiments showed that this effect could be effectively reduced by simply washing the fiber with deionized water. The selected triazines could be efficiently extracted by the aqueous extractant at 105 degrees C for 3 min, with 80% output of maximum power (1,200 W). The extraction procedure provided good precision (<7%) and recoveries (76.1-87.2%). The limits of detection were in the range 2-4 microg/kg. Compared with conventional liquid extraction, microwave-assisted extraction-solid-phase microextraction was more efficient, accurate and faster, and used a very small amount of organic solvent (only 250 microL methanol). The extraction of aged spiked soil samples indicated that, although the recoveries were lower than those of freshly spiked samples, they were nevertheless satisfactory for the quantitative analysis of real-world samples.