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Oleic and stearic acid-coated magnetite nanoparticles for sonication-assisted binary micro-solid phase extraction of endocrine disrupting compounds, and their quantification by GC-MS

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Nanosized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were utilized for the preconcentration of 12 analytes including pesticides, alkylphenols, hormones and bisphenol A prior to their determination by GC-MS. The extraction efficiency of the MNPs was enhanced by coating them with oleic acid and stearic acid. A binary system consisting of the two kinds of coated MNPs was optimized using a multivariate experimental design which evaluated main experimental variables and their interactions. Under optimized conditions, the following figures of merit are found: (a) Enrichment factors ranging from 64 to 345; (b) detection limits between 0.13 and 2.7 μg L−1; and (c) recoveries from spiked underground well water and municipal wastewater between 90 and 109%. The closeness of the results to 100% validated the method and underpinned its trueness for quantitative determinations.

Schematic representation of sonication-assisted binary micro-solid phase extraction based on oleic acid coated (OAc-) and stearic acid coated (SAc-) magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) for the determination of endocrine disrupting compounds by GC-MS (TIC: total ion chromatogram).

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This work was supported by Yildiz Technical University (Scientific Research Project, 2016-01-02-KAP04).

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    Dotse Selali Chormey, Erhan Akkaya & Sezgin Bakırdere

  2. Faculty of Education, Department of Science Education, Siirt University, 56100, Siirt, Turkey

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Chormey, D.S., Akkaya, E., Erulaş, F.A. et al. Oleic and stearic acid-coated magnetite nanoparticles for sonication-assisted binary micro-solid phase extraction of endocrine disrupting compounds, and their quantification by GC-MS. Microchim Acta 186, 849 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3821-y

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