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Nickel hydroxide nanoflower–based dispersive solid-phase extraction of copper from water matrix

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In this work, a dispersive solid-phase extraction method based on Ni(OH)2 nanoflowers (Ni(OH)2-NFs-DSPE) was developed to separate and preconcentrate copper ions from tap water samples for determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). Ni(OH)2-NFs was synthesized using a homogeneous precipitation technique and used as sorbent for copper preconcentration. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize the synthesized sorbent. All experimental variables were carefully optimized to achieve a high enhancement factor of 107.5-folds with respect to the detection sensitivity of the conventional FAAS. The proposed method’s analytical parameters including LOD, LOQ, and linear range were determined as 1.33 μg/L, 4.42 μg/L, and 3.0–40 μg/L, respectively. To assess the applicability and reliability of the developed method, optimal conditions were applied to tap water samples and satisfactory percent recoveries (94–103%) were obtained for the samples spiked at 20 and 30 μg/L. This validated the accuracy and feasibility of the developed method to real samples. The developed method can be described as a simple, efficient, and rapid analytical approach for the accurate determination of trace copper ions in water samples.

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    Meltem Şaylan, Rabia Demirel, Merve Fırat Ayyıldız, Gülten Çetin & Sezgin Bakırdere

  2. Department of Pharmacy, İstanbul Health and Technology University, Seyitnizam Street, No: 85, Istanbul, Turkey

    Meltem Şaylan

  3. Neutec Pharmaceutical, Yıldız Technical University Teknopark, 34220, Istanbul, Turkey

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  4. Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), Vedat Dalokay Street, No: 112, 06670, Cankaya, 06690, Ankara, Turkey

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Meltem Şaylan: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, validation, visualization, writing—original draft; Rabia Demirel: data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, validation, writing—original draft; Merve Fırat Ayyıldız: conceptualization, methodology, validation; Dotse Selali Chormey: conceptualization, methodology, validation; Gülten ÇETİN: conceptualization, methodology, data curation, validation; Sezgin Bakırdere: conceptualization, data curation, funding acquisition, investigation, methodology, project administration, supervision, validation, visualization, writing—review and editing.

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Şaylan, M., Demirel, R., Ayyıldız, M.F. et al. Nickel hydroxide nanoflower–based dispersive solid-phase extraction of copper from water matrix. Environ Monit Assess 195, 133 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10653-0

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