Eco-friendly fabrication of a magnetic dual-template molecularly imprinted polymer for the selective enrichment of organophosphorus pesticides for fruits and vegetables

Abstract

A magnetic dual-template molecularly imprinted polymer (DMIP) was successfully prepared in an aqueous medium and used as a sorbent for the selective extraction of organophosphorus pesticides prior to analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The binding properties and selectivity of DMIP toward organophosphorus were evaluated and compared with those of a non-imprinted polymer. The established magnetic dispersive solid-phase extraction (MDSPE) method using DMIP exhibited fast enrichment of the target analytes within 60 s for adsorption and 30 s for desorption. Good linearities in the range of 0.5–2000 μg L−1 with coefficients of determination (R2) greater than 0.9930 were observed. The method provides low limits of detection of 0.062–0.195 μg L−1 and limits of quantification of 0.210–0.640 μg L−1 with relative standard deviations of less than 9.5% for intra- and inter-day analyses. The enrichment factors ranged from 464 to 621. Satisfactory recoveries ranged from 81.3 to 110.0% with relative standard deviations below 11%.