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Chromatographia

February 2005

Volume 61

Issue 3-4

pp 161-166

Off-Line Concentration of Bisphenol A and Three Alkylphenols by SPE then On-Line Concentration and Rapid Separation by Reverse-Migration Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography

Xinghong Li, Shaogang Chu, Shan Fu, Lingling MA, Xiufen Liu, Xiaobai Xu
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A method for separation of four environmentally important compounds (three alkylphenols and bisphenol A) by cyclodextrin-modified reverse-migration micellar electrokinetic chromatography (CDRM-MEKC) has been optimized. On-line concentration, stacking using reverse-migrating micelles and a water plug (SRW), was used to improve the limit of detection. Two main factors affecting the efficiency of enhancement by SRW, injection sample length and water-plug length, are discussed in detail. Compared with the normal 2-s injection, more than 121-fold enhancement of peak area and more than 71-fold enhancement of peak height were achieved with 120-s sample injection after 120-s water-plug injection. With this optimized separation method and SRW technology, limits of detection were found to be 0.089, 0.030, 0.0091, and 0.033 mg L1 for 4-nonylphenol, 4-tert-octylphenol, bisphenol A, and 4-tert-butylphenol, respectively. Calibration plots (R 2 0.9968) and relative standard deviations (RSD, %) of corrected peak areas and migration time were also satisfactory. Combined with off-line concentration by solid-phase extraction (SPE) this method might be used to determine these contaminants at ppb levels in groundwater samples.

2. Chemosphere
Volume 82, Issue 5, January 2011, Pages 751758

Removal of 4,4-dichlorinated biphenyl from aqueous solution using methyl methacrylate grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Dadong Shao,


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Jun Hu, Zhongqing Jiang, Xiangke Wang

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Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1126, Hefei 230031, PR China http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.086, How to Cite or Link Using DOI Permissions & Reprints

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Methyl methacrylate (MMA) is grafted on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by using N2 plasma technique. The MMA grafted MWCNTs (MWCNT-g-pMMA) are characterized by using Raman spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermo gravimetric analysisdifferential thermal analysis (TGADTA), and potentiometric acid-base titration method. The application of MWCNT-g-pMMA in the removal of 4,4-dichlorinated biphenyl (4,4-DCB) from large volumes of aqueous solutions is investigated under ambient conditions. The results indicate that the adsorption of 4,4-DCB on MWCNT-g-pMMA is much higher than that of 4,4-DCB on MWCNTs, and the adsorbed 4,4-DCB is difficult to be thermally decomposed from MWCNT-

g-pMMA according to the TGADTA analysis. MWCNT-g-pMMA are suitable materials in thepreconcentration and immobilization of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from large volumes of
aqueous solutions in environmental pollution cleanup.

Keywords

4,4-DCB; MWCNTs; Adsorption; Methyl methacrylate; Plasma technique; Water remediation

3. Electrospun Nanofibers Sorbents

for Pre-Concentration of 1,1dichloro-2,2 bis-(4chlorophenyl)ethylene with Subsequent Desorption by Pressurized Hot Water Extraction

David Adeyemi, Janes Mokgadi, James Darkwa, Chimezie Anyakora, Grace Ukpo, Charlotta Turner, Nelson Torto
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Electrospun polystyrene (PS) nanofibers (130500 nm) incorporating a potassium salt of imidazole-1-carbodithioate were evaluated as potential sorbents for the pre-concentration of a model organochlorine pesticide; 1,1-dichloro-2,2bis-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE). The efficiencies of DDE (0.251.0 g L1) adsorption by the nanofiber sorbent followed by desorption employing pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE) were investigated and monitored using gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD). Parameters such as time, temperature and pressure of extraction, sample volume, DDE concentration and sorbent mass were optimized. The maximum adsorption of DDE (0.50 g L1) on electrospun PS and carbodithioate incorporated PS nanofibers was at 43.7 and 94.6%, respectively, in 20 min. Incorporation of carbodithiote doubled the adsorption efficiency of PS and achieved LOD of 0.000234 g L1 for DDE. The optimal DDE desorption on the PHWE system was 93.8% in 10 min. It would seem that the use of electrospun nanofibers as sorbent material with subsequent desorption by PHWE has great potential and thus warrants further investigations. This approach as it uses water as an extraction solvent for an organochlorine pesticide provides an opportunity to eliminate organic solvents, especially for procedures aimed at monitoring organic pollutants in the environment.

4. Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 860867

TiO2 nanotubes as solid-phase extraction adsorbent for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental water samples

View full text Bochra Bejaoui Kefia, Latifa Latrous El Atracheb, Hafedh Kochkara, Abdelhamid Ghorbelc
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Laboratoire des Matriaux Utiles, Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico-chimique, ple technologique Sidi-Thabet 2020 Tunis, Tunisia Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique et Electrochimie, Dpartement de Chimie, Facult des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, 2092 EL Manar Tunis, Tunisia Laboratoire de Chimie des Matriaux et Catalyse, Facult des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, 2092 EL Manar Tunis, Tunisia

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An analytical method based on TiO2 nanotubes solid-phase extraction (SPE) combined with gas chromatography (GC) was established for the analysis of seven poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): acenaphtylene, acenaphthene, anthracene, fluorene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene. Factors affecting the extraction efficiency including the eluent type and its volume, adsorbent amount, sample volume, sample pH and sample flow rate were optimized. The characteristic data of analytical performance were determined to investigate the sensitivity and precision of the method. Under the optimized extraction conditions, the method showed good linearity in the range of 0.01-0.8 g/mL, repeatability of the extraction (RSD were between 6.7% and 13.5%, n

= 5) and satisfactory detection limits (0.017-0.059 ng/mL). The developed method was successfully applied to the analysis of surface water (tap, river and dam) samples. The recoveries
of PAHs spiked in environmental water samples ranged from 90% to 100%. All the results indicated the potential application of titanate nanotubes as solid-phase extraction adsorbents to pre-treat water samples.

5. Journal of Chromatography A
Volume 1217, Issue 52, 24 December 2010, Pages 80798086

Au nanoparticles as a novel coating for solid-phase microextraction

Juanjuan Fenga, b, Min Suna, b, Hongmei Liua, b, Jubai Lia, Xia Liua, Shengxiang Jianga,
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Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, CAS/Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China

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A novel solid-phase microextraction fiber based on a stainless steel wire coated with Au nanoparticles was prepared and has been applied, coupled with gas chromatography, to the extraction of aromatic hydrophobic organic chemical pollutants in rainwater and soil extract. The solid-phase microextraction fiber exhibited excellent extraction efficiency and selectivity. Effects of extraction time, extraction temperature, ionic strength, stirring rate and desorption conditions were investigated and optimized. Single fiber repeatability and fiber-to-fiber reproducibility were less than 7.90% and 26.40%, respectively. The calibration curves were linear in a wide range for all analytes. Correlation coefficients ranged from 0.9941 to 0.9993. The as-established SPME-GC method was used successfully to two real natural samples. Recovery of analytes spiked at 10 g L1 and 100 g L1 ranged from 78.4% to 119.9% and the relative standard deviations were less than 11.3%.