Pyrolytic in situ magnetization of metal-organic framework MIL-100 for magnetic solid-phase extraction

In this study, we report a facile, environmental friendly fabrication of a type of magnetic metal-organic framework (MOF) MIL-100 that can be used for magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE). The magnetic MOF composites were fabricated using in situ calcination method. The as-synthesized materials exhibited both high porosity and magnetic characteristics. They used for the MSPE of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from water samples. Such MOF-based magnetic solid-phase extraction in combination with gas chromatography equipped with a flame ionization detector (GC-FID), exhibited wide linearity (0.02-250 mu g L-1), low detection limits (4.6-8.9 ng L-1), and high enrichment factors (452-907) for PAHs. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) for intra- and inter-day extractions of PAHs were ranging from 1.7% to 9.8% and 3.8% to 9.2%, respectively. The recoveries for spiked PAHs (1 mu g L-1) in water samples were in the range of 88.5% to 106.6%. The results showed that the special anion-pi orbital (electron donor acceptor) interaction and pi-pi stacking between magnetic MIL-100 and PAHs play an important role in the adsorption of PAHs. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.