Solid‐phase microextraction: a powerful sample preparation tool prior to mass spectrometric analysis (original) (raw)
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TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2002
Modern gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) methods and equipment, with the sensitivity and structural information these methods provide, make GC-MS an excellent choice for field detection and identification of a range of organic chemicals. Numerous sampling techniques allow detection of GC-MS analytes in environmental matrices, although multiple sample-handling steps and use of extraction solvents increase the complexity and time needed to complete analyses. Solidphase microextraction (SPME) has been shown to be suitable for sampling environmental contaminants from air, water and soil for GC-MS analysis. We provide applied examples of environmental samples collected and analyzed in the field using SPME-GC-MS for qualitative identification of workplace air contaminants from a poorly characterized paint and of gas-phase contaminants present during forensic and clean-up operations following a large fire involving aircraft fuel. In both instances, passive SPME sampling concentrated analytes from the air following short sampling periods and was followed immediately by GC-MS analysis in the field, without further sample preparation. The SPME sampling method is attractive for field use because of its portability, simplicity, broad applications, sensitivity, and favorable attributes as a sample-introduction method for GC-MS analyses. #
Protocol for solid-phase microextraction method development
Nature protocols, 2010
Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is a sample preparation method developed to solve some of the analytical challenges of sample preparation as well as sample introduction and integration of different analytical steps into one system. Since its development, the utilization of SPME has addressed the need to facilitate rapid sample preparation and integrate sampling, extraction, concentration and sample introduction to an analytical instrument into one solvent-free step. This achievement resulted in fast adoption of the technique in many fields of analytical chemistry and successful hyphenation to continuously developing sophisticated separation and detection systems. However, the facilitation of high-quality analytical methods in combination with SPME requires optimization of the parameters that affect the extraction efficiency of this sample preparation method. Therefore, the objective of the current protocol is to provide a detailed sequence of SPME optimization steps that can be a...
Liquid phase microextraction techniques combined with chromatography analysis: A review
Acta Chromatographica, 2019
Sample pretreatment is the first and the most important step of an analytical procedure. In routine analysis, liquid–liquid microextraction (LLE) is the most widely used sample pre-treatment technique, whose goal is to isolate the target analytes, provide enrichment, with cleanup to lower the chemical noise, and enhance the signal. The use of extensive volumes of hazardous organic solvents and production of large amounts of waste make LLE procedures unsuitable for modern, highly automated laboratories, expensive, and environmentally unfriendly. In the past two decades, liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) was introduced to overcome these drawbacks. Thanks to the need of only a few microliters of extraction solvent, LPME techniques have been widely adopted by the scientific community. The aim of this review is to report on the state-of-the-art LPME techniques used in gas and liquid chromatography. Attention was paid to the classification of the LPME operating modes, to the historical ...
Recent developments in solid-phase microextraction
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The main objective of this review is to describe the recent developments in solid-phase microextraction technology in food, environmental and bioanalytical chemistry applications. We briefly introduce the historical perspective on the very early work associated with the development of theoretical principles of SPME, but particular emphasis is placed on the more recent developments in the area of automation, high-throughput analysis, SPME method optimization approaches and construction of new SPME devices and their applications. The area of SPME automation for both GC and LC applications is particularly addressed in this review, as the most recent developments in this field have allowed the use of this technology for high-throughput applications. The development of new autosamplers with SPME compatibility and new-generation metal fibre assemblies has enhanced sample throughput for SPME-GC applications, the latter being attributed to the possibility of using the same fibre for several hundred extraction/injection cycles. For LC applications, high-throughput analysis (>1,000 samples per day) can be achieved for the first time with a multi-SPME autosampler which uses multi-well plate technology and allows SPME sample preparation of up to 96 samples in parallel. The development and evolution of new SPME devices such as needle trap, thin-film microextraction and cold-fibre headspace SPME have offered significant improvements in performance characteristics compared with the conventional fibre-SPME arrangement.
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Sample pretreatment is one of the most crucial and error-prone steps of an analytical procedure; it consents to improve selectivity and sensitivity by sample clean-up and pre-concentration. Nowadays, the arousing interest in greener and sustainable analytical chemistry has increased the development of microextraction techniques as alternative sample preparation procedures. In this review, we aimed to show two different categorizations of the most used micro-solid-phase extraction (μSPE) techniques. In essence, the first one concerns the solid-phase extraction (SPE) sorbent selection and structure: normal-phase, reversed-phase, ion-exchange, mixed-mode, molecular imprinted polymer, and special techniques (e.g., doped cartridges for specific analytes). The second is a grouping of the commercially available μSPE products in categories and sub-categories. We present every device and technology into the classifications paying attention to their historical development and the actual state...
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Developments in liquid-phase microextraction
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2003
The development of faster, simpler, inexpensive and more environmentally friendly sample-preparation techniques is an important issue in chemical analysis. Recent research trends involve miniaturisation of the traditional liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) principle by greatly reducing the acceptor-to-donor phase ratio. One of the emerging techniques in this area is liquid-phase microextraction (LPME), where a hollow fibre impregnated with an organic solvent is used to accommodate or protect microvolumes of acceptor solution. This novel methodology proved to be an extremely simple, low-cost and virtually solvent-free sample-preparation technique, which provided a high degree of selectivity and enrichment by additionally eliminating the possibility of carry-over between runs. This article presents the different modes and hollow-fibre configurations of LPME, followed by an up-to-date summary of its applications. The most important parameters and practical considerations for method optimisation are also discussed. The article concludes with a comparison of this novel method with solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and singledrop microextraction (SDME). #
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Sample preparation has been recognized as a major step in the chemical analysis workflow. As such, substantial efforts have been made in recent years to simplify the overall sample preparation process. Major focusses of these efforts have included miniaturization of the extraction device; minimizing/eliminating toxic and hazardous organic solvent consumption; eliminating sample pre-treatment and post-treatment steps; reducing the sample volume requirement; reducing extraction equilibrium time, maximizing extraction efficiency etc. All these improved attributes are congruent with the Green Analytical Chemistry (GAC) principles. Classical sample preparation techniques such as solid phase extraction (SPE) and liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) are being rapidly replaced with emerging miniaturized and environmentally friendly techniques such as Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME), Stir bar Sorptive Extraction (SBSE), Micro Extraction by Packed Sorbent (MEPS), Fabric Phase Sorptive Extraction (FPSE), and Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Micro Extraction (DLLME). In addition to the development of many new generic extraction sorbents in recent years, a large number of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) created using different template molecules have also enriched the large cache of microextraction sorbents. Application of nanoparticles as high-performance extraction sorbents has undoubtedly elevated the extraction efficiency and method sensitivity of modern chromatographic analyses to a new level. Combining magnetic nanoparticles with many microextraction sorbents has opened up new possibilities to extract target analytes from sample matrices containing high volumes of matrix interferents. The aim of the current review is to critically audit the progress of microextraction techniques in recent years, which has indisputably transformed the analytical chemistry practices, from biological and therapeutic drug monitoring to the environmental field; from foods to phyto-pharmaceutical applications.