Abstract
This study describes the preparation, characterization, and application of a new magnetic chitosan-graphene quantum dots (Fe3O4@Chi-GQDs) nanocomposite as an adsorbent for the preconcentration of Cu(II) in Thai food recipes or the so-called "Som Tam" (green papaya salad) prior to determination by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry. The spectroscopic and magnetic properties along with the morphology and thermal property were analyzed using FTIR, EDX, XRD, TGA, VSM, and TEM. Preconcentration optimizations including pH, dosage of adsorbent, adsorption-desorption time, concentration and volume of elution solvent, sample volume and enrichment factor, and reusing time were investigated. Good linearity was obtained ranging from 0.05 to 1500µgL-1 with correlation coefficient of 0.999. Limit of detection was 0.015µgL-1. Relative recoveries of 85.4-107.5% were satisfactorily obtained. This Fe3O4@Chi-GQDs has high potential to be used as preconcentration method and can be reused 7times with high extraction efficiency.
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