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Preparation of porous carbon-based molecularly imprinted polymers for separation of triazine herbicides in corn

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A synthesis route of using cellulose as the precursor to prepare porous carbon (PC) had been established in this study. The as-prepared PC was introduced as carriers in the synthesis process of porous carbon-molecularly imprinted polymers (PC-MIPs), which greatly improved the absorption capacity of MIPs. Triazine pesticides in corn were extracted with matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) using the PC-MIPs as dispersants and determined by ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). Under the optimal MSPD condition for extracting six kinds of triazines (simazine, terbutryn, simetryne, prometryne, ametryn, and atrazine), the detection limits were 0.005–0.02 ng g−1, while the precisions were 1.2–5.9%, and the recoveries were 92.6–104.7%. The method has been extensively applied to analyze various corn samples. Atrazine residue (1.2 μg kg−1) was detected in one corn sample, which was lower than the maximum residual limit indicated by the Chinese stated standards (50 μg kg−1).

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This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (B2008001), 111 Project (B20088), Heilongjiang Touyan Innovation Team Program (Tree Genetics and Breeding Innovation Team), Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund (LBH-Z16009), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32002445), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016M591501, 2017T100218).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China

    Ran Yin, Ligang Chen & Na Niu

  2. Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China

    Ran Yin & Na Niu

  3. Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 232 Hesong Street, Harbin, 150040, China

    Lei Gao & Dongli Qin

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Yin, R., Gao, L., Qin, D. et al. Preparation of porous carbon-based molecularly imprinted polymers for separation of triazine herbicides in corn. Microchim Acta 189, 23 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-021-05100-9

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