Poly (indole-co-thiophene)@Fe3O4 as novel adsorbents for the extraction of aniline derivatives from water samples

For the first time, Fe3O4 nanoparticles modified by poly(indole-co-thiophene) (PIn-co-PTh@Fe3O4) via in situ emulsion polymerization used for magnetic-solid phase extraction (MSPE) of the aniline derivatives from water samples. After extraction, the aniline derivatives were detected using gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID). The resultant core-shell magnetic solid-phase extraction nanoparticle sorbent was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The dominant parameters affecting enrichment efficiency were investigated and optimized. Under the optimum conditions detection limits and linear dynamic ranges were achieved in the range of 0.005-0.02 ng mL(-1) and 0.02-200 ng mL(-1), respectively. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) for five replicates at three concentration levels (0.05,5 and 100 ng mL(-1)) of analytes were ranged from 3.8 to 7.0%. Ultimately, the applicability of this method was successfully confirmed by analyzing tap, well, sea and waste water samples and satisfactory results were obtained. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.