Porous monolith-based magnetism-reinforced in-tube solid phase microextraction of sulfonylurea herbicides in water and soil samples

Abstract

In the present study, porous monolith-based magnetism-reinforced in-tube solid phase microextraction (MB-MR/IT-SPME) was first introduced to concentrate sulfonylurea herbicides (SUHs). To realize the effective capture of SUHs, a monolithic capillary microextraction column (MCMC) based on poly (vinylimidazole-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) polymer doped with Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles was in-situ synthesized in the first step. After that, the MCMC was twined with a magnetic coil which was employed to carry out variable magnetic field during adsorption and desorption procedure. Various important parameters that affecting the extraction performance were inspected in detailed. Results well indicated that exertion of magnetic field in the whole extraction procedure was in favor of the capture and release of the studied SUHs, with the extraction efficiencies increased from 36.8–58.1% to 82.6–94.5%. At the same time, the proposed MB-MR/IT-SPME was online combined to HPLC with diode array detection (HPLC/DAD) to quantify trace levels of SUHs in water and soil samples. The limits of detection (S/N = 3) for water and soil samples were in the ranges of 0.030–0.15 μg/L and 0.30–1.5 μg/kg, respectively. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) for intra- and inter-day variability were both less than 10%. Finally, the introduced approach was successfully applied to monitor the low contents of studied SUHs in environmental water and soil samples. Satisfying fortified recovery and precision were achieved.