Bimetallic nitrogen-doped porous graphene for highly efficient magnetic solid phase extraction of 5-nitroimidazoles in environmental water

In this work, Fe/Ni bimetallic nitrogen-doped porous graphene (Fe/Ni-NPG) nanomaterials with rich pores, strong magnetism and good reusability were successfully prepared by one-step combustion and can be used as magnetic solid phase extraction (MSPE) adsorbents for the determination of 5-nitroimidazoles (5-NDZs) in environmental water samples. The dispersion and active sites of the materials were increased by the introduction of nitrogen. The adsorption behavior of Fe/Ni-NPG for 5-NDZs was investigated, which corresponds to the quasi-second-order kinetics and Langmuir adsorption model. The pi-pi electron donor-acceptor interaction (pi-pi EDA), hydrogen bond and electrostatic interaction between Fe/Ni-NPG and 5-NDZs are the main factors that help to obtain excellent adsorption properties. Several important conditions of MSPE are systematically optimized. Under the optimal MSPE conditions, the linear range of DMZ was 0.6-500 mu g/L, the linear range of TNZ and ONZ was 0.7-500 mu g/L, and the correlation coefficient R-2 >= 0.9991. The limit of detection was 0.18-0.2 mu g/L, the limit of quantification was 0.6-0.7 mu g/L, and the RSDs of intraday and interday precision were 1.58%-4.66% and 3.77-9.69%, respectively. In the three spiked actual environmental water samples, the recovery was 78.05%-107.05% (RSDs < 7.82%). The results show that this method based on Fe/Ni-NPG provides an accurate and reliable way to detect 5-NDZs in environmental water. (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Fe/Ni bimetallic nitrogen-doped porous graphene nanomaterials were successfully prepared and used as magnetic solid phase extraction adsorbents for the determination of 5-nitroimidazoles in environmental water samples. The introduction of nitrogen increased the dispersion and active sites of the materials. The adsorption behavior of Fe/Ni-NPG for 5-NDZs was investigated, and several factors including π-π electron donor-acceptor interaction, hydrogen bond, and electrostatic interaction were found to contribute to the excellent adsorption properties. The method based on Fe/Ni-NPG provided accurate and reliable detection of 5-NDZs in environmental water samples.