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Pan Y, Wang L, Chen S, Wei Y, Wei X. A target-triggered ultra-sensitive aptasensor for simultaneous detection of Cd 2+ and Hg 2+ using MWCNTs-Au NPs modified electrode. Food Chem 2024; 440:138185. [PMID: 38100966 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.138185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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A sensitive electrochemical assay for simultaneously detecting cadmium ion (Cd2+) and mercury ion (Hg2+) with the aptamer as recognition unit was established, in which methylene blue (MB) and target-triggered in-situ generated Ag nanoclusters (Ag NCs) were identified as signal reporters. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles composites were prepared with polyethyleneimine to amplify electrical signals of screen-printed electrodes. Due to the particular base sequences, MB labeled Cd2+ aptamer paired with ssDNA through T-Hg-T structure with Hg2+. Notably, the C-rich structure in ssDNA acted as a template for the generation of Ag NCs, which could induce differential pulse voltammetry signals corresponding to Hg2+ concentrations. This electrochemical aptasensor exhibited detection limits of 94.01 pg/mL and 15.74 pg/mL for Cd2+ and Hg2+, respectively. The developed aptasensor allowed for practical application to tea and vegetable samples with satisfactory accuracy. This work possesses potential in developing biosensing technologies for simultaneous determination of multiple heavy metals.
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- Yi Pan
- Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Manousi N, Anthemidis AN. A flow-batch lab-in-syringe foam microextraction platform for the simultaneous preconcentration and in situ membraneless gas-liquid separation of mercury prior to cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2024; 1290:342208. [PMID: 38246743 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2024.342208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Herein, the proof-of-concept of a novel lab-in-syringe (LIS) foam microextraction platform is presented as a front-end to cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) for the simultaneous preconcentration and membraneless gas-liquid separation (GLS) of inorganic mercury in biological samples. The proposed method is based on the on-line formation of the ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate complex with mercury that was retained in the pores of polyurethane foam immobilized on the piston of the LIS system. Metal complex elution and in situ mercury vapor generation are accomplished inside the microsyringe in a flow-batch format, while the separation of vapor species is achieved via the membraneless GLS found at the top of the syringe's barrel. Under optimized operation conditions, for 90 s preconcentration time, the limit of detection was 0.02 μg L-1 and the repeatability (RSD) was 3.8% (at the 0.5 μg L-1 concentration level), within a working range extending up to 4.0 μg L-1. The practicality of the novel manifold was demonstrated using the Blue Applicability Grade Index, while the accuracy of the method was evaluated using certified reference materials and spiked samples.
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- Natalia Manousi
- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.
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Rocha PSM, Araújo AS, Cassella RJ. Single-vial preconcentration and cold vapor generation for the determination of Hg(II) in water samples of different salinities. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 15:4674-4683. [PMID: 37668437 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay01073b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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In this work, a single-vial methodology for the extraction and cold vapor generation of mercury(II) was developed, followed by the determination of the analyte by atomic absorption spectrometry, with application in water samples of different salinities. L-cystine-modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles (2LcysMNP) were used as sorbent material in the magnetic solid phase extraction (MSPE) in the same flask in which the mercury vapor generation step was performed using a handmade gas-liquid separator developed in our laboratory. The main conditions for extraction, pre-concentration, and cold vapor generation of mercury were optimized. Under the optimized conditions, detection and quantification limits of 0.04 and 0.12 μg L-1, respectively, were achieved with a relative standard deviation of 7.5%. The single-vial system allowed for a preconcentration factor of 30 and an enrichment factor of 24. The accuracy of the method was evaluated by applying it to certified reference materials, and the obtained values were not significantly different from the expected values according to the Student's t-test. Verification of non-specific interferences was assessed by recovery tests, resulting in recoveries ranging from 81 to 111% for water samples of different salinities.
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- Pamela S M Rocha
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro de São João Batista s/n, Centro, Niterói, RJ 24020-141, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro de São João Batista s/n, Centro, Niterói, RJ 24020-141, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro de São João Batista s/n, Centro, Niterói, RJ 24020-141, Brazil.
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Jose J, Prakash P, Jeyaprabha B, Abraham R, Mathew RM, Zacharia ES, Thomas V, Thomas J. Principle, design, strategies, and future perspectives of heavy metal ion detection using carbon nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensors: a review. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-022-02730-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Determination of Hg(II) and Methylmercury by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry after Dispersive Solid-Phase Microextraction with a Graphene Oxide Magnetic Material. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 28:molecules28010014. [PMID: 36615211 PMCID: PMC9822199 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The toxicity of all species of mercury makes it necessary to implement analytical procedures capable of quantifying the different forms this element presents in the environment, even at very low concentrations. In addition, due to the assorted environmental and health consequences caused by each mercury species, it is desirable that the procedures are able to distinguish these forms. In nature, mercury is mainly found as Hg0, Hg2+ and methylmercury (MeHg), with the latter being rapidly assimilated by living organisms in the aquatic environment and biomagnified through the food chain. In this work, a dispersive solid-phase microextraction of Hg2+ and MeHg is proposed using as the adsorbent a magnetic hybrid material formed by graphene oxide and ferrite (Fe3O4@GO), along with a subsequent determination by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). On the one hand, when dithizone at a pH = 5 is used as an auxiliary agent, both Hg(II) and MeHg are retained on the adsorbent. Next, for the determination of both species, the solid collected by the means of a magnet is suspended in a mixture of 50 µL of HNO3 (8% v/v) and 50 µL of H2O2 at 30% v/v by heating for 10 min in an ultrasound thermostatic bath at 80 °C. On the other hand, when the sample is set at a pH = 9, Hg(II) and MeHg are also retained, but if the solid collected is washed with N-acetyl-L-cysteine only, then the Hg(II) remains on the adsorbent, and can be determined as indicated above. The proposed procedure exhibits an enrichment factor of 49 and the determination presents a linear range between 0.1 and 10 µg L-1 of mercury. The procedure has been applied to the determination of mercury in water samples from different sources.
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Analytical Chemistry: Tasks, Resolutions and Future Standpoints of the Quantitative Analyses of Environmental Complex Sample Matrices. ANALYTICA 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/analytica3030022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Currently, the challenges that analytical chemistry has to face are ever greater and more complex both from the point of view of the selectivity of analytical methods and their sensitivity. This is especially true in quantitative analysis, where various methods must include the development and validation of new materials, strategies, and procedures to meet the growing need for rapid, sensitive, selective, and green methods. In this context, given the International Guidelines, which over time, are updated and which set up increasingly stringent “limits”, constant innovation is required both in the pre-treatment procedures and in the instrumental configurations to obtain reliable, accurate, and reproducible information. In addition, the environmental field certainly represents the greatest challenge, as analytes are often present at trace and ultra-trace levels. These samples containing analytes at ultra-low concentration levels, therefore, require very labor-intensive sample preparation procedures and involve the high consumption of organic solvents that may not be considered “green”. In the literature, in recent years, there has been a strong development of increasingly high-performing sample preparation techniques, often “solvent-free”, as well as the development of hyphenated instrumental configurations that allow for reaching previously unimaginable levels of sensitivity. This review aims to provide an update of the most recent developments currently in use in sample pre-treatment and instrument configurations in the environmental field, also evaluating the role and future developments of analytical chemistry in light of upcoming challenges and new goals yet to be achieved.
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Amico D, Tassone A, Pirrone N, Sprovieri F, Naccarato A. Recent applications and novel strategies for mercury determination in environmental samples using microextraction-based approaches: A review. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 433:128823. [PMID: 35405590 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The growing need to monitor Hg levels in the environment to control its emissions and evaluate the effectiveness of reduction policies is driving the scientific community to focus efforts on creating analytical methods that are simpler, lower cost, more performing, and environmentally sustainable. In this context, an important contribution is provided by microextraction techniques, which have long proven to be simple, reliable, and to ensure an environmentally responsible sample preparation. This manuscript reviews the recent progress in the determination of environmental Hg using microextraction techniques. The considered studies involve all environmental compartments (i.e., air, water, soil, and biota) and have been discussed by grouping them according to the employed technique while pointing out the main advances achieved and the most important limitations. The ultimate goal is to provide an up-to-date overview of the analytical potential of microextraction techniques that can be exploited in various investigation fields and to highlight the most important knowledge gaps that should be addressed in the coming years, such as in-situ sampling, the use of natural materials, and the value of metrological support to obtain data SI-traceable and comparable.
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- Domenico Amico
- CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Rende, Italy
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- CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Rende, Italy
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- CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Rende, Italy; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Rende, Italy.
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Bagheri AR, Aramesh N, Gong Z, Cerda V, Lee HK. Two-dimensional materials as a platform in extraction methods: A review. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Yang X, Yan C, Sun Y, Liu Y, Yang S, Deng Q, Wen X. Micro-spectrophotometric determination of nickel in Gentiana rigescens after switchable hydrophilicity solvent-based ultrasound-assisted liquid phase microextraction. Microchem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2021.106402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Qiao LZ, Yu CM, Sun RT. Preparation of Amino-functionalized Guanidinium Ionic Liquid-Modified Magnetic Materials and Application in Solid-Phase Extraction of Pollutants in Water. JOURNAL OF ANALYSIS AND TESTING 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s41664-021-00188-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A free nitrogen-containing Sm-MOF for selective detection and facile removal of mercury(II). Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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An X, Tan Q, Pan S, Liu H, Hu X. A turn-on luminescence probe based on amino-functionalized metal-organic frameworks for the selective detections of Cu 2+, Pb 2+ and pyrophosphate. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 247:119073. [PMID: 33120120 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A "turn-on" fluorescent probe based on amino-functionalized metal-organic frameworks (MOF-5-NH2) is developed for the detection of Cu2+, Pb2+ and pyrophosphate (P2O74-, PPi). The fluorescence emission of fluorescent materials obtained by one-step synthesis is attributed to organic ligands. Cu2+ and Pb2+ coordinate with the amino group on the surface of the MOF-5-NH2, which is ascribed to the host-guest electron transfer between analyte and probe, giving rise to the fluorescence quenching. After adding PPi, the intense affinity between Cu2+ and PPi remove Cu2+ from the MOF-5-NH2, blocking of the electron transfer process, and the fluorescence can be recovered. The limit of detection is 0.057, 0.25 and 0.32 μmol L-1 for the detection of Cu2+, Pb2+ and PPi, respectively. This turn-on mode based fluorescent probe shows preferable sensitivity and specificity to detect Cu2+, Pb2+ and PPi. These results demonstrate that the fluorescent MOF-5-NH2 as a sensing platform displays remarkably performance.
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- Xuanxuan An
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Trujillo-Rodríguez MJ, Pacheco-Fernández I, Taima-Mancera I, Díaz JHA, Pino V. Evolution and current advances in sorbent-based microextraction configurations. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1634:461670. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Oliveira VH, Rechotnek F, da Silva EP, Marques VDS, Rubira AF, Silva R, Lourenço SA, Muniz EC. A sensitive electrochemical sensor for Pb2+ ions based on ZnO nanofibers functionalized by L-cysteine. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Khazalpour S, Yarie M, Kianpour E, Amani A, Asadabadi S, Seyf JY, Rezaeivala M, Azizian S, Zolfigol MA. Applications of phosphonium-based ionic liquids in chemical processes. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-020-01901-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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