Magnetic solid-phase extraction based on mesoporous silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles for analysis of oral antidiabetic drugs in human plasma

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Highlights

  • SBA-15/Fe3O4 was synthesized and functionalized with octadecyltrimethoxysilane.

  • Magnetite nanoparticles were completely coated by well-ordered mesoporous silica.

  • The samples were used as sorbent for magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE).

  • The sorbent material was capable of extracting drugs from human plasma.

  • The extraction ability makes the material a candidate to be employed as MSPE.

Abstract

In the present work, magnetic nanoparticles embedded into mesoporous silica were prepared in two steps: first, magnetite was synthesized by oxidation–precipitation method, and next, the magnetic nanoparticles were coated with mesoporous silica by using nonionic block copolymer surfactants as structure-directing agents. The mesoporous SiO2-coated Fe3O4 samples were functionalized using octadecyltrimethoxysilane as silanizing agent. The pure and functionalized silica nanoparticles were physicochemically and morphologically characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), N2 adsorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The resultant magnetic silica nanoparticles were applied as sorbents for magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) of oral antidiabetic drugs in human plasma. Our results revealed that the magnetite nanoparticles were completely coated by well-ordered mesoporous silica with free pores and stable pore walls, and that the structural and magnetic properties of the Fe3O4 nanoparticles were preserved in the applied synthesis route. Indeed, the sorbent material was capable of extracting the antidiabetic drugs from human plasma, being useful for the sample preparation in biological matrices.

Keywords

Mesoporous materials
Magnetic nanoparticles
Magnetic solid phase extraction
Oral antidiabetic drug extraction

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