All-in-one spot test method for tetracycline using molecularly imprinted polymer-coated paper integrated into a portable 3D printed platform with smartphone-based fluorescent detection.

A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) has been synthetized, characterized, impregnated on paper, and integrated into a 3D printed platform with smartphone-based fluorescent detection for the determination of tetracycline in water samples. The MIP synthesis was performed by precipitation polymerization, which was subsequently deposited onto a glass microfiber paper. The synthesized polymer and the MIP@paper have been characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and EDS spectroscopy.

On-site extraction using a 3D printed device coated with Zn/Co-ZIF-derived carbon followed by an on-line SIA-HPLC-FL system for fluoroquinolones determination in wastewater.

A 3D printed device covered with Zn/Co-ZIF-derived carbon allows the on-site extraction of fluoroquinolones (FQs) from wastewater, avoiding the sample transportation to the laboratory, and the subsequent elution, separation and determination using an on-line flow system based on sequential injection analysis (SIA) coupled to HPLC-FL. Several parameters that affect the extraction efficiency and desorption were optimized including the sorption phase immobilization technique on the 3D device, extraction time, pH effect, sample volume as well as the type of eluent, eluent volume, and flow rate. Under optimum conditions, detection limits of 3-9 ng L were achieved for norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, danofloxacin, enrofloxacin and difloxacin.

Automated method for the solid phase extraction of tetracyclines in wastewater followed by fluorimetric determination.

This work presents a multisyringe flow injection analysis (MSFIA) system for the automatic extraction and determination of tetracyclines in wastewater samples. The sample was adjusted with NaEDTA buffer before solid-phase extraction with an Oasis HLB column used for the analyte preconcentration. The europium (Eu)-based and citrate-mediated method (using Tris-HCl buffer) was selected for the fluorimetric analysis (λ = 400/612 nm).

Natural Ecuadorian zeolite: An effective ammonia adsorbent to enhance methane production from swine waste.

Anaerobic digestion (AD) of swine waste allows obtaining renewable energy, biofertilizer and the reduction of environmental impacts. However, the low C:N ratio of pig manure generates high concentrations of ammonia nitrogen in the digestion process, reducing methane production. Zeolite is an effective ammonia adsorbent; thus, in this research the ammonia adsorption capacity of natural Ecuadorian zeolite was studied under different operating conditions.

First record of Cryptophion Viereck, 1913 (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from Colombia, with description of a new species.

The genus Cryptophion Viereck, 1913 includes eight Neotropical species distributed in Central and South America. Herein the genus is recorded for the first time in Colombia and a new species, Cryptophion flavonigrovittatus Santos, Onody & Palacio sp. nov.