Novel coatings for stir bar sorptive extraction to determine pharmaceuticals and personal care products in environmental waters by liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry
Departament de Química Analítica i Química Orgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili Campus Sescelades, Marcel·lí Domingo, s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
Abstract:
Two new commercially available polar coatings for stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE), consisting of polyacrylate (PA) with a proportion of polyethyleneglycol (PEG) (Acrylate Twister®) and PEG modified silicone (EG Silicone Twister®), were evaluated and compared with the classic coating based on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS Twister®) for the extraction of a group of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from wastewater samples.