Solid-phase microextraction of eleven organochlorine pesticides from fruit and vegetable samples by a coated fiber with boron nitride modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Abstract

A boron nitride modified multiwalled carbon nanotube material (BN@MWCNTs) was synthesized, and the synthesis conditions were optimized. The BN@MWCNTs was then used as the SPME fiber coating adsorbent for the extraction of eleven organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) from fruit and vegetable samples. Under the optimal conditions, the SPME coupled with the detection by GC-ECD had a linear response for the determination of the target analytes in the range of 0.03 to 200 ng g−1 with the coefficients of determination (r2) ≥ 0.9977. Based on the signal-to-noise ratios of 3 and 10, the limits of detection and the limits of quantification were measured to be 0.01–0.20 ng g−1 and 0.03–0.67 ng g−1, respectively. The relative recoveries of the analytes for spiked samples under three concentration levels (1.0, 10.0 and 100 ng g−1) were between 83.7% and 124% with the relative standard deviations ≤ 10.9%. The established method was successfully applied to the determination of OCPs in real fruit and vegetable samples.