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Single layer graphitic carbon nitride-modified graphene composite as a fiber coating for solid-phase microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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The authors describe a three-dimensional single layer graphitic carbon nitride-modified graphene composite (g-C3N4@G) deposited on a stainless steel wire by a sol-gel technique. The coated fiber was applied to direct immersion solid-phase microextraction of trace levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from cosmetics samples prior to their determination by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Due to π stacking interaction and hydrophobic interaction between the g-C3N4@G coating and the analytes (naphthalene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene), the fiber displays an excellent adsorption capability for the analytes. Under optimized conditions, the method has a wide linear range, low LODs (from 1.0 to 2.0 ng L−1), good repeatability and high recoveries. It was successfully applied to the determination of PAHs in cosmetics. The g-C3N4@G fiber also exhibited good durability.

Schematic of a three-dimensional single layer graphitic carbon nitride-modified graphene composite (g-C3N4@G) that was coated onto a stainless steel wire for the direct-immersion solid phase microextraction of trace levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons prior to gas chromatography-mass spectrometric detection.

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Acknowledgements

Financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31471643, 31571925, 31671930), the Hebei “Double First Class Discipline” Construction Foundation for the Discipline of Food Science and Engineering of Hebei Agricultural University (2016SPGCA18), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (B2016204136, B2016204146, B2017204025), the Scientific and Technological Research Foundation of the Department of Education of Hebei Province (ZD2016085), Innovation Talents Research Foundation of Agricultural University of Hebei, and the Natural Science Foundation of Agricultural University of Hebei (ZD201507, LG201607) are gratefully acknowledged.

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    Tong Wu, Juntao Wang, Weiqian Liang, Xiaohuan Zang, Chun Wang, Qiuhua Wu & Zhi Wang

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Wu, T., Wang, J., Liang, W. et al. Single layer graphitic carbon nitride-modified graphene composite as a fiber coating for solid-phase microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Microchim Acta 184, 2171–2180 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2233-0

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