title: Comparison of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and a conventional absorbent on the enrichment of sulfonylurea herbicides in water samples.
abstract: Recently, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been at the center of attention because of their applications in many fields. Efforts to investigate the possibility of MWCNTs as SPE absorbents for the enrichment of environmental pollutants yielded positive results. The goal of the present work was to compare the enrichment power of MWCNTs with that of regular adsorbents, such as C18 silica for SPE of five sulfonylurea herbicides. The results indicated that multiwalled carbon nanotubes were very suitable for the preconcentration of sulfonylurea herbicides in complex water samples, yielding better recoveries. C18 gave a lightly lower enrichment performance, and could not enrich nicosulfuron in complex samples. All of these experimental results indicated that multiwalled carbon nanotubes could be used as a valuable alternative adsorbent for the SPE of sulfonylurea herbicides in many real water samples.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Henan Normal University, Henan Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Control, Zinziang, PR China. zhouqx@henannu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Qingxiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Junping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006540:Herbicides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011725:Pyridines; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C042953:octadecyl silane-bonded silica; C416723:nicosulfuron