In-situ solvothermal polymerization of metal-organic framework/carbon-nitrogen nanosheet-coated solid-phase microextraction fiber for highly sensitive detection of pesticide residues in black tea

Abstract

Pyrethroids (PYs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are widely used to control pests and diseases in plants; however, they threaten human health. In this study, a metal-organic framework/carbon-nitrogen nanosheet composite nanomaterial (UiO-66/HOCN)-coated solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber was prepared by in-situ thermal polymerization. The prepared UiO-66/HOCN composite material was characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption porosimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and zeta potentiometry. The prepared UiO-66/HOCN composite-coated MSPE fiber was used for the enrichment and separation of OCPs and PYs, which showed good thermal and chemical stability as well as high extraction efficiency. Combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), an efficient and sensitive method for the detection of trace levels of OCPs and PYs was developed. Under the optimal experimental conditions, wide linear ranges (0.1-800.0 ng/L), good linearity (≥ 0.9978), low limits of detection (0.03-0.30 ng/L), and acceptable repeatability (RSD ≤ 8.9%, n=3) were obtained. Typical black tea samples were analyzed by the developed method, and trace levels of aldrin (6.6 ng/g), α -endosulfan (54.7 ng/g), and bifenthrin (185.8 ng/g) were detected. The results demonstrate that the developed method has immense potential for the detection of pesticides in a complicated matrix.