Research Info

Title
Hybrid inorganic–organic sol–gel @foam for a new development of solid phase extraction of heavy metals
Type Article
Keywords
s Sol–gel nanocomposite · Swimming petal shape sorbent · Solid phase extraction · Foam · Heavy metals · Environmental and biological samples
Abstract
In this research study, a novel nanocomposite composed of aminopropyl-based hybrid inorganic–organic sol–gel@Ni foam (AP-HIO/SG-NC @ Ni foam) was synthesized and then applied in a new development of solid phase extraction technique called the “swimming petal shape sorbent-based solid phase extraction” (SPSS-SPE) for simultaneous separation and preconcentration of lead, cadmium, cobalt, and nickel metals ions from aqueous solutions. During the analytical process, the essential parameters such as pH, size of the petal-shaped sorbent, swimming time, desorption conditions, sample volume, and ionic strength on the extraction efficiencies of the target analytes were investigated. Under optimal experimental conditions, the linear ranges (LR) of 0.5–1000 (µg L−1) for lead and 1–1000 (µg L−1) for nickel, cadmium, cobalt in water, the LR of 1–1000 (µg L−1) were obtained for analytes in soli, and the LR of 1–1000 (µg L−1) for lead and cadmium and 1–1250 (µg L−1) for nickel and cobalt were achieved in blood sample. Moreover, the LOD values (S/N=3) of 0.182–0.314 (µg L−1), 0.292–0.314 (µg L−1), 0.295–0.313 (µg L−1) were obtained for water, soil, and blood for analytes respectively. The procedure's intra-day and inter-day precision (%) were less than≤2.5 and≤3.2, respectively. The sensitive and highpotential AP-HIO/SG-NC @ Ni foam-SPSS-SPE was successfully applied to analyze water, soil, and blood samples. The analytical greenness metric approach was also applied to evaluate the greenness of the proposed method, AGREE.
Researchers Ehsan Parandi (First researcher)
Mahboube Shirani (Second researcher)
Zahra Sotoudehnia Korrani (Third researcher)
Marzieh Teimouri (Fourth researcher)
Mahboobe Amiranipoor (Fifth researcher)
Zahra Sarlak (Not in first six researchers)
Hamed Sadatfaraji (Not in first six researchers)
Saeid Shafiei (Not in first six researchers)