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In situ growth of ZIF-67 to construct core–shell mosaic structural composites for efficient extraction of benzoylurea insecticides

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A novel mosaic structure Silica@C/Co@ZIF-67 composite was synthesized by successfully embedding Co nanoparticles on the surface of silica spheres with the help of thermoplastic polyethyleneimine by carbon-reduction. The ZIF-67 half-shell layer structure was synthesized by the in-situ growth of ZIF-67 on the surface of silica spheres through the coordination of 2-methylimidazole with Co metal nodes. The composite was used as a magnetic solid-phase extraction adsorbent combined with high performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detector (HPLC–UV) for the extraction and determination of benzoylurea insecticides (BUs) in vegetables and tea. Based on the presence of π-π, hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions between Silica@C/Co@ZIF-67 and BUs, the BUs were rapidly captured by the composites resulting in high adsorption performance. Under the optimal extraction parameters, the linear ranges were 0.3–200 µg L−1 for diflubenzuron, 0.6–200 µg L−1 for chlorbenzuron, and 1.0–200 µg L−1 for triflumuron, teflubenzuron, and flufenoxuron, with correlation coefficients (R2) greater than 0.9991. The limits of detection (LODs) of the method were 0.1–0.3 μg L−1, and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were 1.2–3.0% for intra-day and 2.6–4.6% for inter-day. In the spiked recovery experiments of vegetables and tea, the recoveries of the five kinds of BUs ranged from 75.8 to 112.9%. In addition, after 10 repetitions using Silica@C/Co@ZIF-67, the recoveries of the five kinds of BUs were still as high as 78.4 to 83.9%.

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    Xiang Li, Lili Du, Xiaofeng Lu, Shuai Wang, Licheng Wang & Yong Guo

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

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  3. Lanzhou Institute for Food and Drug Control, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Veterinary Drug Monitoring for State Market Regulation, Lanzhou, 730050, China

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Xiang Li: experiment, data curation, formal analysis, conceptualization, methodology, software, writing-original draft preparation.

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Li, X., Du, L., Lu, X. et al. In situ growth of ZIF-67 to construct core–shell mosaic structural composites for efficient extraction of benzoylurea insecticides. Microchim Acta 191, 90 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-023-06154-7

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