PMID- 31980260 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200605 LR - 20200605 IS - 1873-3778 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 1617 DP - 2020 Apr 26 TI - Molecularly imprinted polymer thin-film as a micro-extraction adsorbent for selective determination of trace concentrations of polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles in seawater. PG - 460824 LID - S0021-9673(19)31295-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460824 [doi] AB - A tailor-made porous molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) thin-film was prepared by in situ photo-radical polymerization on a glass slide and used as a microextraction adsorbent. Detection was carried out using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to afford a method suitable for the selective determination of trace concentrations of polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles (PASHs) in seawater. PASHs are one of the most problematic aromatic organic pollutants, as they are considered more persistent and toxic compared to other analogous aromatic compounds in the environment. The optimized thin-film consisted of a 2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde pseudo-template with 1-vinylimidazole (1-Vim) as the functional monomer, bisphenol A dimethacrylate (BPADMA) as the cross-linker, acetonitrile as the porogen, and polyethylene glycol to boost porosity through formation of interpenetrating polymer networks. The adsorption behaviours of the thin-film, including adsorption kinetics, binding isotherms, and selectivity of MIP thin-film were investigated in detail. The highest imprinting factors (2.3-3.0) and adsorption capacity for targeted PASHs were achieved at a template:monomer:cross-linker ratio of 1:4:8. The method with no sample or film pretreatment showed very good reproducibility for the extraction of PASHs from spiked seawater samples (RSDs 0.9960) over a range of 0.5-40 microg L(-1), and gave limits of detection n the range of 0.029-0.166 microg L(-1). CI - Copyright (c) 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Hijazi, Hassan Y AU - Hijazi HY AD - Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's,A1B 3X7, Canada. FAU - Bottaro, Christina S AU - Bottaro CS AD - Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's,A1B 3X7, Canada. Electronic address: cbottaro@mun.ca. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191224 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 RN - 0 (Acetonitriles) RN - 0 (Benzhydryl Compounds) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Methacrylates) RN - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 70FD1KFU70 (Sulfur) RN - 982O8255NE (2,2-di(4-methacryloxyphenyl)propane) RN - ODY9ION63A (N-vinylimidazole) RN - Z072SB282N (acetonitrile) SB - IM MH - Acetonitriles/chemistry MH - Adsorption MH - Benzhydryl Compounds/chemistry MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Imidazoles/chemistry MH - Methacrylates/chemistry MH - *Molecular Imprinting MH - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis/isolation & purification MH - Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry MH - Polymerization MH - Polymers/chemistry MH - Porosity MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Seawater/*chemistry MH - Solid Phase Microextraction MH - Sulfur MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/isolation & purification OTO - NOTNLM OT - Interpenetrating polymer networks OT - Microextraction OT - Molecularly imprinted polymers OT - Polyaromatic sulfur heterocycles OT - Seawater OT - Thin-films COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest There are no conflicts to declare. EDAT- 2020/01/26 06:00 MHDA- 2020/06/06 06:00 CRDT- 2020/01/26 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/11/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/12/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/01/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/06/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9673(19)31295-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460824 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2020 Apr 26;1617:460824. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460824. Epub 2019 Dec 24.