Facile preparation of hexadecyl-functionalized magnetic core-shell microsphere for the extraction of polychlorinated biphenyls in environmental waters

• Published in: Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry Vol. 409; no. 13; pp. 3337 - 3346
• Main Authors: Fan, Yu-Han, Zhang, Shou-Wen, Qin, Shi-Bin, Li, Xiao-Shui, Zhang, Yuan, Qi, Shi-Hua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analytical Chemistry; Biochemistry; Biphenyls (Class of compounds); Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemical properties; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chromatography; Contact angle; Correlation coefficient; Electron microscopes; Food Science; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Fourier transforms; Gas chromatography; Hydrocarbons; Infrared spectroscopy; Iron oxides; Laboratory Medicine; Mass spectrometry; Methods; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; PCB; Pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Research Paper; Sample preparation; Scientific imaging; Transmission electron microscopes; Water analysis; Water sampling; China; Water; Gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; Magnetic microsphere; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Hexadecyl
• ISSN: 1618-2642; 1618-2650
• DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0278-x

Alkyl moieties which can retain target analytes due to their lipophilicity are important in sample preparation. In this work, hexadecyl-functionalized magnetic core-shell microspheres (Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 -C 16 ) was successfully prepared by one-pot sol–gel method and used for magnetic solid-phase extraction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in environmental water samples. Optimized preparation method was achieved by altering the adding moment of hexadecyl-silane. The resultant materials were systematically characterized by scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, tensionmeter, and vibrating sample magnetometer. The results demonstrated that the optimized adsorbent exhibited core-shell structure, superparamagnetic (66 emu/g), and extremely hydrophobic (water contact angle of 122°) properties. To evaluate the extraction performance, the prepared material coupled with gas chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) was applied to determinate PCBs. The extraction conditions were optimized. Under the optimal conditions, the proposed method showed a good linearity range of 1–100 ng L −1 with correlation coefficients ( R ) of 0.9989–0.9993. Based on a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 and 10, the limits of detection (LODs) and limits of quantification (LOQs) were in the range 0.14–0.27 and 0.39–0.91 ng L −1 , respectively. The intra- and inter-day relative standard deviations (RSDs) were less than 9.06%. The absolute recoveries of PCBs in spiked real water samples were in the range of 75.17 to 101.20%. Additionally, reusability and batch-to-batch reproducibility of the resultant material were acceptable with RSDs less than 5.64 and 3.25%, respectively. Graphical Abstract The synthesis procedure of Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 -C 16 and determination of PCBs in water sample 129 × 50 mm (300 × 300 DPI)