A water-soluble NIR fluorescent probe capable of rapid response and selective detection of hydrogen sulfide in food samples and living cells.

DDAO (1,3-Dichloro-7-hydroxy-9,9-dimethyl-2(9H)-acridone) is a near-infrared (NIR) fluorophore that has received increasing attention in recent years, exhibiting near-infrared emission at 658 nm, low pKa (∼5.0), good water solubility and high quantum yield (Φ = 0.39).

Aryl ketones-derived porous organic polymer for enrichment and sensitive detection of phenylurea herbicides in water, tea drink and mushroom samples.

Three aryl ketones-derived porous organic polymers (ATP-POPM, ATP-POPP and ATP-POPO) were fabricated through the aldol condensation reaction of acetylated triphenylsilane precursor (ATP) with different aromatic aldehydes for the first time. The ATP-POPM exhibited superior extraction capacity toward phenylurea herbicides (PUHs). A sensitive method for the simultaneous determination of six PUHs in water, tea drink and mushroom samples was developed with ATP-POPM as solid phase extraction adsorbent prior to high performance liquid chromatography ultraviolet detection.

Fabrication of carbonyl-functional hypercrosslinked polymers as solid-phase extraction sorbent for enrichment of chlorophenols from water, honey and beverage samples.

Three carbonyl-functional novel hypercrosslinked polymers (HCP-TPS, HCP-TPA, and HCP-TPP) were successfully fabricated through an one-step Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction by copolymerizing paraphthaloyl chloride with triphenylsilane, triphenylamine, and triphenylphosphine, respectively. The resultant HCPs contained plenty of carbonyl-functional groups. Among the series of such HCPs, HCP-TPS displayed the best adsorption capability to chlorophenols (CPs), and thus it was employed as solid-phase extraction (SPE) adsorbent for enrichment of chlorophenols from water, honey, and white peach beverage prior to determination by high-performance liquid chromatography.

Construction of imine-linked covalent organic framework as advanced adsorbent for the sensitive determination of chlorophenols.

Food safety is a great concern of the general public. Chlorophenols (CPs) as organic pollutant can be found in drinking water and foods, causing serious harm to human health. Herein, imine-linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs), named as TAPT-AN-COF, was synthesized by aniline modulation strategy through condensation of 1,3,5-triformylphoroglucinol and 4,4',4''-(1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6-triyl)trianiline with aniline as modulator.

Carbon nanospheres as solid-phase microextraction coating for the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from water and soil samples.

A solid-phase microextraction with carbon nanospheres coated fiber coupled with gas chromatographic detection was established for the determination of eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, biphenyl, acenaphthene, fluorine, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, and pyrene) in water and soil samples. The experimental parameters (extraction temperature, extraction time, stirring rate, headspace volume, salt content, and desorption temperature) which affect the extraction efficiency were studied. Under the optimized conditions, good linearity between the peak areas and the concentrations of the analytes was achieved in the concentration range of 0.

Application of a solid-phase microextraction fiber coated with a graphene oxide-poly(dimethylsiloxane) composite for the extraction of triazoles from water.

A solid-phase microextraction fiber was prepared by mixing graphene oxide and hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane together and then coating the mixture on the surface of etched stainless-steel wire by sol-gel technology. After aging by heating, the graphene oxide-polydimethylsiloxane composite coated fiber was used for the direct solid phase microextraction of triazole fungicides from water samples. The properties of the graphene oxide-polydimethylsiloxane coating were characterized by transmission electron microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis.

Application of mesoporous carbon as a solid-phase microextraction fiber coating for the extraction of volatile aromatic compounds.

A mesoporous carbon was fabricated using MCM-41 as a template and sucrose as a carbon source. The carbon material was coated on stainless-steel wires by using the sol-gel technique. The prepared solid-phase microextraction fiber was used for the extraction of five volatile aromatic compounds (chlorobenzene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, bromobenzene, and 4-chlorotoluene) from tea beverage samples (red tea and green tea) prior to gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection.

[Recent developments of dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction technique].

As a relatively new sample preparation technique, dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) has the advantages of simplicity of operation, high enrichment factor and low consumption of organic solvent. In this review, the recent advances of DLLME and its important applications are briefly reviewed, including (1) the combined use of DLLME with other extraction methods, (2) the expansion of the extraction solvent, (3) the development of extraction devices.

Polydimethylsiloxane/metal-organic frameworks coated fiber for solid-phase microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in river and lake water samples.

In this study, polydimethylsiloxane/metal-organic frameworks (PDMS/MOFs), including PDMS/MIL-101 and PDMS/MOF-199, were immobilized onto a stainless steel wire through sol-gel technique as solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber coating. The prepared fibers were used for the extraction of some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from water samples prior to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Under the optimized experiment conditions, the PDMS/MIL-101 coated fiber exhibited higher extraction efficiency towards PAHs than that of PDMS/MOF-199.

[Extraction of triazine herbicides from environmental water samples with magnetic graphene nanoparticles as the adsorbent followed by determination using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry].

A novel method was developed for the determination of seven triazine herbicides in environmental water samples by magnetic solid-phase extraction with graphene-based magnetic nanoparticles (G-Fe3O4 MNPs) as the adsorbent coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry detection. The main factors influencing the extraction efficiency including the amount of G-Fe3O4, the extraction time, the pH and the ionic strength of sample solution and the desorption conditions were optimized. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the enrichment factors of the method for the analytes were in the range from 574 to 968; the linearities of the method ranged from 0.

Solid-phase microextraction with a graphene-composite-coated fiber coupled with GC for the determination of some halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples.

In this work, a graphene composite was coated onto etched stainless-steel wire through a sol-gel technique and it was used as a solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber. The prepared fiber was characterized by SEM, which revealed that the fiber had a highly porous structure. The application of the fiber was evaluated through the headspace SPME of five halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (chlorobenzene, bromobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene) in water samples followed by GC with flame ionization detection.