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A nanocomposite consisting of etched multiwalled carbon nanotubes, amino-modified metal-organic framework UiO-66 and polyaniline for preconcentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons prior to their determination by HPLC

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A polyaniline composite doped with etched multi-walled carbon nanotubes and UiO-66-NH2 was prepared by electropolymerization. It was used as a sorbent to extract the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene. Its surface morphology, crystal structure and capability of adsorbing PAHs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and zeta potentiometry. The π stacking and anion-π interactions are shown to play dominant roles in the sorption mechanism. Coupled with high performance liquid chromatography, the composite-modified fiber was applied to detect PAHs in lake water samples by direct immersion extraction. The method excels by (a) wide linear range (0.05–20 ng mL−1), (b) low limits of detection (10 pg mL−1), (c) satisfactory recovery from spiked samples (84.7–113.8%), and (d) good reproducibility (relative standard deviations of <6.5%). The method is superior in terms of costs and reproducibility compared to some pretreatment methods with mass spectrometric detection.

Schematic representation for interaction between PANI-etched MWCNT/UiO-66-NH2 and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (phenanthrene, fluoranthene, pyrene).

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This research is supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 61301048) and the Natural Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of Hubei Province of China (No. 2011CDA111)

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    Jianxiong Chen, Birong Zhang, Xueping Dang, Youhong Ai & Huaixia Chen

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Chen, J., Zhang, B., Dang, X. et al. A nanocomposite consisting of etched multiwalled carbon nanotubes, amino-modified metal-organic framework UiO-66 and polyaniline for preconcentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons prior to their determination by HPLC. Microchim Acta 187, 78 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3997-1

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