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Extraction of tributyltin by magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers

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We have prepared core-shell magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for recognition and extraction of tributyl tin (TBT). The use of particles strongly improves the imprinting effect and leads to fast adsorption kinetics and high adsorption capacities. The functional monomer acrylamide was grafted to the surface of Fe3O4 nanospheres in two steps, and MIP layers were then formed on the surface by creating a MIP layer on the surface consisting of poly(ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) with a TBT template. The particles were characterized in terms of morphological, magnetic, adsorption, and recognition properties. We then have developed a method for the extraction of TBT from spiked mussel (Mytilidae), and its determination by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The method has a limit of detection of 1.0 ng g−1 (n = 5) of TBT, with a linear response between 5.0 and 1,000 ng g−1. The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of trace TBT in marine food samples with recoveries in the range of 78.3–95.6 %.

The preparation procedures of core-shell magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for recognition and extraction of tributyl tin (TBT) in seafood

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grants from the Support Program of Nation (no. 2012 BAK08B01), Foundation of Nation (no. 30901367), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang (no. LY12C20004), Analysis Testing Science Technology Project of Zhejiang (no. 2009F70025), Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo (no. 2012A610144 and no. 2011A610006), Subject Construction Project of Ningbo (no. XKL11D2104), and the K.C. Wong Megna Fundation of Ningbo University (China).

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    Shanshan Zhu, Daodong Pan & Futao Hu

  2. Faculty of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China, 315211

    Ning Gan, Yi Li, Yuting Cao & Dazhen Wu

  3. Ningbo Agricultural Science Research Institute, Ningbo, China, 315040

    Ting Yang

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Zhu, S., Gan, N., Pan, D. et al. Extraction of tributyltin by magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers. Microchim Acta 180, 545–553 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-013-0962-2

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