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Area of Science:

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are significant environmental pollutants.
  • Efficient extraction methods are crucial for PAH detection and analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and optimize a solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber coated with cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles.
  • To evaluate the fiber's efficiency for extracting PAHs using gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID).

Main Methods:

  • Preparation of CdS nanoparticles on a stainless-steel wire for SPME.
  • Characterization of CdS nanoparticles using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).
  • Optimization of headspace SPME parameters including adsorption/desorption times and temperatures, and salt concentration.

Main Results:

  • The CdS nanoparticles formed a porous wurtzite phase structure.
  • Optimized method achieved wide linearity and low limits of detection (5–15 ng/L).
  • High enrichment factors (1155.6–3905.4) and good reproducibility (RSD < 12.6%) were obtained.
  • The fiber demonstrated excellent stability, usable over 50 times, with high recoveries (82.7–114.2%) in real samples.

Conclusions:

  • The CdS nanoparticle-coated SPME fiber is a highly efficient, stable, and reliable tool for PAH analysis.
  • This method provides a sensitive and robust approach for environmental monitoring of PAHs.