Fabrication and application of polyaniline/titanium dioxide nanotube solid phase microextraction fiber

Abstract

A novel solid phase microextraction fiber of polyaniline coated titania composite nanotube (PANI@TiO2NTs/Ti) array was fabricated on a titanium wire by in situ oxidation. The effects of the inorganic acid medium, aniline concentration, and oxidation voltage on the electropolymerization of aniline were discussed. The best forming conditions for the composite fiber obtained by analyzing the surface morphology and composition of the fibers were as follows:electrolyte composing, 0.5 mol/L aniline-1 mol/L H2SO4; electropolymerization, 10 V for 60 min. The developed fibers were used in conjunction with high performance liquid chromatography for the extraction and determination of ultraviolet filters in samples, and the extraction conditions optimized were as follows:extraction time 40 min, desorption time 4 min, extraction temperature 40℃, stirring rate 600 r/min. The average recoveries of the target analytes spiked in real samples ranged from 78.2% to 118%, and the relative standard deviations ranged from 4.4% to 8.9%. The developed method is simple, rapid, and accurate, and it is suitable for the sensitive determination of UV filters in environmental water samples.