Effective extraction of organophosphorus pesticides using sol-gel based coated stainless steel mesh as novel...

In this study, for the first time, stainless steel meshes coated with poly(ethylene glycol) and carbon nanotubes (PEG-CNT) by sol-gel technique were used as the adsorbent for solid-phase extraction. The coated stainless steel is loaded onto a cartridge and used to isolate and extract organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) from water and fruit juice samples. Effective extraction parameters such as sample volume, desorption solvent, and desorption solvent volume were studied and investigated. Under optimal conditions, the linearity of the method was obtained in the range of 0.03 to 80 ng mL^-1 and also the limits of detection (LODs) of the method were ranged from 0.01 to 0.03 ng mL^-1. The repeatability of the method was evaluated at three concentration levels (0.1, 1, and 50 ng mL^-1), and the relative standard deviation (RSD%) of the method was obtained in the range of 3.8 to 4.8%. Finally, the proposed method was used to analysis of OPPs in real water and fruit juice samples, with relative recovery in the range of 94.3 to 99.8%.