Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide-Coated Fe3O4 Magnetic

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Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide-coated Fe3O4 Magnetic

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Nanoparticles for Rapid Analysis of 15 Trace Polycyclic Aromatic

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Hydrocarbons in Aquatic Environments by UPLC-FLD

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Hao Wang,†,‡, Xiaoli Zhao,†,‡,* Wei Meng,‡,* Peifang Wang,§ Fengchang Wu,‡ Zhi Tang,‡ Xuejiao

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Han,‡ John P. Giesy£

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Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China;

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State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research

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College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;

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of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China;

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Saskatchewan, 44 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry

Department of Veterinary Biomedical Science and Toxicology Centre, University of

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*Corresponding Authors: [email protected], [email protected]

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Tel.: (+86)10-84931804; Fax: (+86)10-84931804;

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Author Contributions: †These authors contributed equally to this work

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ABSTRACT:

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Accurate determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface waters is

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necessary for protection of the environment from adverse effects that can occur at concentrations

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which require preconcentration to be detected. In this study, an effective solid phase extraction

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(SPE) method based on cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-coated Fe3O4 magnetic

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nanoparticles (MNPs) was developed for extraction of trace quantities of PAHs from natural

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waters. An enrichment factor of 800 was achieved within 5 min by use of 100 mg Fe3O4 MNPs

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and 50 mg CTAB. Compared with conventional Liquid-Liquid extraction (LLE), C18 SPE

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cartridge and some newly developed methods, the SPE to determine bioaccessible fraction was

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more convenient, efficient, time-saving and cost-effective. To evaluate the performance of this

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novel sorbent, 5 natural samples including rainwater, river waters, wastewater, tap water spiked

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with 15 PAHs were analyzed by use of ultra-performance, liquid chromatography (UPLC) with

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fluorescence detection (FLD). Limits of determination (LOD) of PAHs (logKow ≥ 4.46) ranged

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from 0.4 to 10.3 ng/L, with mean recoveries of 87.95 ± 16.16, 85.92 ± 10.19, 82.89 ± 5.25, 78.90

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± 9.90, and 59.23 ± 11.91% for rainwater, upstream and downstream river water, wastewater and

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tap water, respectively. However, the effect of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on recovery of

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PAHs varied among matrixes. Due to electrostatic adsorption and hydrophobicity, DOM promoted

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adsorption of Fe3O4 MNPs to PAHs from samples of water from the field. This result was different

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than the effect of DOM under laboratory conditions. Due to competitive adsorption with the site of

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action on the surface of Fe3O4 MNPs for CTAB, recoveries of PAHs were inversely proportional

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to concentrations of Ca2+ and Mg2+. This novel sorbent based on nano-materials was effective at

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removing PAHs at environmentally relevant concentrations from waters containing relevant 2

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concentrations of both naturally occurring organic matter and hardness metals.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), of which there are thousands of possible

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variations in the environment, consist of two or more fused rings without heteroatoms, with some

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PAHs alkyl substituted.1,2 Most PAHs are released into the environment during leaks or spills

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during extraction, transport and refinery of petroleum hydrocarbons or during combustion of wood

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biofuels and fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum and other paths, such as cooking, burning of

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domestic wastes.2-6 Due to their ubiquitous presence, chemical stability, potential for

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bioaccumulation, and carcinogenic potential PAH in the environment have attracted attention

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globally and some have been listed as priority pollutants by the United States Environmental

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Protection Agency (USEPA).7-10

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Concentrations of PAHs in ground and surface waters, sediments and atmosphere are increasing

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due to activities of humans.11-13 There is a need to monitor PAHs, but they can occur at

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concentrations ranging from pg/L to ng/L, which, due to their propensity to be bioaccumulated,

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have potential to cause adverse effects, yet be less than the LOD of standard analytical techniques.

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Moreover, various environmental factors, such as chemical components, physical condition, can

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affect performances of pretreatment techniques.14-16

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concentrations of PAHs in environmental matrices, especially in water at environmentally and

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toxicologically relevant concentrations is needed. To achieve the required LOD, samples are

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concentrated and separated from environmental matrices by use of methods including liquid-liquid

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extraction (LLE), solid phase extraction (SPE) and solid phase micro-extraction (SPME) (Table

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S1). Each of these methods has advantages as well as limitations. Some are time-consuming and

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relatively expensive and result in large amounts of waste solvents.17-23 Use of a solid adsorbent

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based on C18 cartridges, to selectively pre-concentrate PAHs from environmental matrices uses

Accurate quantification of trace

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lesser amounts of organic solvents than does LLE. An alternative to these more traditional

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approaches is the use of adsorbents attached to nanoparticles that can be separated by used of a

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magnetic field. One such process uses Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) coated onto

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magnetic nanoparticles of iron oxide (Fe3O4) (Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs). This method has excellent

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capacity to separate PAH from environmental matrices, especially water, and is less expensive and

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quicker than the traditionally used methods that employ C18 disks or cartridges as the solid

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phase.18,23 The fact that larger volumes of water can be treated without breakthrough or

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interferences makes use of nanoparticles, such as nano-carbon, C-Fe3O4 and Ag-Fe3O4 an

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attractive approach to obtain lesser LODs for PAHs. Some of these solid phases might be

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unsuitable for treatment of large volumes of sample and could be time consuming to separate with

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sufficient recoveries.24,19 The superparamagnetic properties of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)

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contribute to their rapid magnetization and seperation from aqueous phases by use of external,

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magnetic fields. When coated with appropriate functional groups MNPs can enrich contaminants

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from large volumes of water.25 Additionally, advantages of MNPs including Fe3O4 and γ-Fe2O3 are

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their

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coprecipitation.26-28 While other adsorbents such as stir bars or artificial fibers were complicated to

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produce, Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs easily be synthesized. Because MNPs are magnetic, small particles,

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with large total surface area are effective for rapid and quantitative adsorption of PAHs and can

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easily be collected into an organic solvent by use of a magnetic field.29,30 Once separated from

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water the organics trapped on the surface can be extracted by use of an organic solvent. Thus,

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Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs have promise as a solid phase for extraction of PAHs in water.

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convenient,

biocompatibility

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economical

synthesis

by

use

of

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Enrichment of analytes by use of MNPs is improved by modification of surfaces of MNPs by 5

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addition of functional groups, such as coupling agents, surfactants, or noble metals.31 Ionic

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surfactants can attach homogeneously onto charged surfaces of MNPs by chemical self-assembly

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and due to their hydrophilic groups, form hemimicelles, mixed hemimicelles or admicelles.32 The

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mixed hemimicelles promote effective adsorption of PAHs by hydrophobic interaction with

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hydrocarbon moieties (Figure 1).33-35 MNPs as a substratum for sorbents, successfully avoid

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time-consuming, blocking problems during conventional SPE and relative to LLE, also reduces

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the amount of organic solvent used.

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Those PAHs, which have been deignated as priority pollutants by the USEPA, were

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quantified by use of ultra-performance liquid chromatography in tandem with fluoresence

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detection (UPLC-FLD), which can conviniently quantify all 15 PAHs within 30 min, while

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maintaining sufficient sensitivity, to attain LODs equivalent to the most commonly used analytical

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procedures. To our knowledge, this is the first report of utilization of MNPs for preconcentration

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of trace concentrations of PAHs from natural water.

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The objective of the present study was to develop a rapid, simple, cost-effective, SPE

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procedure using Fe3O4 MNPs coupled with UPLC-FLD for quantification of trace concentrations

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of the 15 priority PAHs, designated by USEPA, in water. Several key factors that could influence

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recoveries and accuracies and precision of determination of concentrations of PAHs isolated

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natural waters, such as pH, breakthrough volume, type and amounts of solvents used to elute

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analytes from the solid phase were determined. Effects of DOM, such as fulvic acid (FA) and

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humic acid (HA), and ions including Ca2+ and Mg2+ were investigated. Finally, the method was

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validated by application to five environmental waters.

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■ EXPERIMENTAL SECTION 6

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Reagents

and

Chemicals.

The

standard

solution

containing

Naphthalene

(Nap),

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Acenaphthylene (Ace), Fluorene (Flo), Phenanthrene (Phe), Anthracene (Ant), Fluoranthene (Fla),

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Pyrene (Pyr), Chrysene (Chr), Benzo(a)anthracene (Baa), Benzo(b)fluoranthene (Bbf),

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Benzo(k)fluoranthene

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Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (Icdp), Benzo(g,hi)perylene (BghiP) (2000 mg/L) was purchased from

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Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis. MO, USA) and diluted to 1 mg/L as the stock solution for use in

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spiking waters. Samples were kept in the dark at 4 °C until used. Acetonitrile (ACN),

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Dichloromethane (DCM) and Acetone (DMK) were HPLC grade, and purchased form Fisher

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Scientific Corporation (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA). Acetic Acid (AcOH, A.R. grade) and Hydrochloric

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acid (A.R. grade) were purchased from Xilong Chemical Corporation (Guangdong, China).

(Bkf),

Benzo(a)pyrene

(Bap),

Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene

(DahA),

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Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, A.R. grade), (1-Hexadecy) pyridinium chloride

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monohydrate (CPC, A.R. grade), Ferric chloride (FeCl3·4H2O, A.R. grade), Ferrous Chloride

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(FeCl2·6H2O, A. R. grade), NaOH (sodium hydroxide, A.R. grade) were purchased from

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Sino-pharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd (Beijing, China). Fulvic Acid (Nordic Aquatic Fulvic Acid

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Reference 1R105F) and Humic Acid (Leonardite Humic Acid Standard 1S104H) were purchased

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from the International Humic Substances Society (Colorado, USA). Synthetic, experimental

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ultrapure water were made from Millipore Integral 5 water purification system (Merck, Germany).

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The Multi N/C3100 TOC (Analytikjena, Germany) analyzer was employed to determine the

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concentration of DOM in samples, and concentrations of Ca2+, Mg2+ in samples were determined

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by use of an Ion Chromatography System 1000 (DIONEX Co., USA).

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Collection of Samples. Samples of surface waters investigated included two samples of river

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water collected from the upstream stagnant pool (low-speed flow) and downstream reach 7

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(high-speed flow) of Qing River (Chinese: Qinghe), one sample of rainwater (August, 2014), one

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sample of wastewater collected from the Qing River wastewater treatment plant (Haidian district,

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Beijing), one sample of tap water sample from our laboratory (Chaoyang district, Beijing). The

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total volume of each sample was 10 L, and was collected with wide-mouth jars after cleaned with

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chromic acid and ultrapure water. Collected samples were immediately filtered through 0.45 µm

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glass fiber filter (combusted at 450 °C for 4 hours) combined with a filtration device to remove

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suspended solids and stored at 4 °C. All samples were analyzed within 5 days.

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SPE Procedure and Sample Analysis. Fe3O4 MNPs were synthesized by co-precipitation, by

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use of a previously described method.33 A 5 mL aliquant of Fe3O4 MNPs (20 mg/mL) and 10 mL

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of CTAB (5 mg/mL) were added to 800 mL of water, either a synthetic or natural sample, and pH

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adjusted to 10.0, and then sonicated for 1 min. After standing for 10 min on an Nd-Fe-B magnet,

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Fe3O4 MNPs coated with CTAB were isolated from solution, and the supernatant decanted.

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Pre-concentrated PAHs associated with CTAB-coated Fe3O4 MNPs were eluted with 2 mL ACN

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solution mixed with 5% acetic acid (AcOH) (v/v) for 5 times. The eluent containing PAHs was

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dried under a stream of nitrogen at 45 °C, and diluted to 1 mL with ACN.

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Ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection (UPLC-FLD,

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Waters, Massachusetts, USA) was employed to separate, identify and quantify individual PAHs. A

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CORTECS C18 column (100×2.1 mm I.D., with particle diameter of 1.6 µm, Waters,

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Massachusetts, USA) was used to separate 15 EPA PAHs. The mobile phases were ACN and

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ultrapure water at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min, with an injection volume of 2 µL. The mobile phase

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was an ACN/water gradient program (45% ACN at start, 9.0 min hold, 15.0 min linear gradient to

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60%, 19.0 min linear gradient to 67%, 22.8 min linear gradient to 77%, 26.5 min linear gradient to 8

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100%, 28.0 min linear gradient to 45%). Excitation wavelengths were 221, 289, 252, 234, 265 and

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300 nm, and emission wavelengths were 337, 322, 377, 448, 390 and 412 nm for 0−5.5, 5.5−9.0,

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9.0−12.0, 12.0−15.0, 15.0−18.0, 18.0−28.0 minutes, respectively. Calculations for quantification of

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PAHs were accomplished by use of Waters Power 2.0 software. Limits of detection (LOD) for 15

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PAHs were determined as being 3 times the signal-noise ratio. PAH were quantified by use of an

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external standard curve with a linear working range of 0 to 400 ng/L. The analytical parameters of

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proposed method for PAHs are shown (Table 1).

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■ RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Characterization of Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs. Fe3O4 MNPs were characterized by use of

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transmission electronic microscopy (TEM) (Hitachi, Japan) at 80 kV. Particles were generally

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uniform with a diameter of approximately 10 nm (Figure 2). Hysteresis was not observed and the

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largest saturation magnetism of Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs was 58.7 emu/g,25 indicating their

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superparamagnetism excellence for rapid separation.

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Effect of Solution pH. pH is a key factor affecting adsorption of PAHs by Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs

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and in this study recoveries of PAHs were directly proportional to pH (Figure 3a), reaching a

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maximum at pH of approximate 10.0.

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Surfaces of Fe3O4 MNPs are negatively charged when the pH was greater than the pH where

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the zeta potential of MNPs = 0, which is defined as the point of zero charge (PZC).25,36 Cationic

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surfactants can attach to surfaces of nanoparticles by strong electrostatic attraction to form

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hydrophobic hemimicelle, which creates a hydrophobic interaction with organic pollutants, such

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as PAHs (Figure 1). Octanol-water partition coefficients (Kow) of the 15 targeted PAHs were

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proportional to their solubilities in water. However, recoveries of Nap, Ace and Flo (logKow ≤

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4.46) were slightly less than those of other PAHs studied. This result might be due to their greater

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solubilities in water and greater volatility. For PAHs with logKow values greater than 4.46,

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recoveries of greater than 80% were observed.

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Effects of Amounts of Fe3O4 MNPs and Surfactant. CTAB was employed as the surface

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modifier at a ratio 1:2 (w/w) of CTAB and Fe3O4 MNPs, compared with CPC, and the detailed

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information of this (Figure S1) and the effect of sample volume on recovery of PAHs (Figure S2)

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are provided in supporting information. In order to reduce consumption of adsorbents, the effect of

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amount of Fe3O4 MNPs and CTAB on recoveries of PAHs was determined. Recoveries of 15

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PAHs reached maxima separately as a function of amount of Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs added (Figure

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3b). However, PAHs with greater Kow reached maxima faster than those with lesser Kow. This

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result might be due to stronger affinities of Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs for chemicals with greater

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hydrophobicity than those with lesser Kow. The optimal amount of adsorbents used was the mean

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of the additive amounts of adsorbents for the greatest recovery of each PAH. Based on this

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analysis, 100 mg Fe3O4 and 50 mg CTAB were chosen as the optimal amounts to use. Thus, in this

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study, amounts of adsorbents were optimized to be more efficient and less wasteful than is

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possible in studies using cartridges.

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Optimization of Standing Time. Duration of separation is a key factor for pretreatment

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methods. Shorter paths of adsorption, which result in faster equilibrium are positive characteristics

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of nano-adsorbents. A duration of approximately 5 min was determined to be sufficient to obtain

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maximum enrichment of the 15 PAHs studied (Figure 3c). This was a clear advantage compared

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with conventional pretreatment methods, such as LLE and C18 SPE cartridge, which had times to 10

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maxima of 72 − 1,080 and 125 − 333 min, respectively.17,18,37,38 Some other methods of

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preconcentration require a minimum of 30 min to reach their maxima. A detailed comparison is

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shown in Table S1.

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Optimization of Desorption Conditions. PAHs were eluted by mass action and destruction of

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hemimicelles with organic solvents. ACN and DMK were used separately to elute PAHs; 5%

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DCM was added to increase their capacity, and 5% AcOH was also added to destruct the mixed

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hemimicelles formed by CTAB under alkaline conditions to promote desorption of PAHs. ACN

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was better for eluting PAHs than was acetone (Figure 3d). This might have been due to greater

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solubility of CTAB in ACN than acetone. In this study, 10 mL (2 mL for 5 times) ACN was

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sufficient to ensure sufficient recoveries of PAHs.

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Effects of Fulvic Acid and Humic Acid. DOM is complex and comprises a variety of organic

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substances including FA, HA, carbohydrates, sugars, amino acids, proteins, inorganic ions, among

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others.39 Since FA and HA are the main components of DOM in the environment,40 and carry a

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variety of functional groups, they can interfere adsorption of PAHs by Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs,

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mainly through electrostatic interaction or hydrophobic interaction due to their different

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concentrations.41

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Concentrations of total organic carbon (TOC) in aquatic environments ranges for 20−100

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mg/L, depending on soil types in the watershed, climate, and hydrologic conditions,39 thus

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concentrations of FA and HA considered in this study ranged from 0 to 120 mg/L, and their effects

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on recoveries of PAHs were assessed separately. FA and HA had similar effects on recoveries of

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PAHs by Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs (Figure 4a and b). The effect of DOM on recovery of PAHs could

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40 mg/L (HA for 0−50 mg/L), and then increased with the addition of FA for 40 − 80 mg/L (HA

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for 50−100 mg/L), and slightly decreased at the concentration of FA for 80 mg/L (HA for 100

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mg/L). The stages observed: 1) Competitive adsorption of DOM with Fe3O4 MNPs to bind CTAB

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and PAHs, resulted in lesser recoveries of PAHs. DOM is generally electronegative at pH 10.0,

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because there are more negative charged functional groups than positive groups on DOM.42-44

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However, the majority of added DOM partitioned into the aqueous phase, adsorbed CTAB to form

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hemimicelle structure by electrostatic interactions, and had a competition with Fe3O4-CTAB

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MNPs for adsorbing PAHs by the hydrophobic effect;36, 43 and meanwhile, less of DOM adsorbed

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on the surface of Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs, and competed with PAHs for adsorption sites.45-47 The

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above both effects of DOM resulted in the decrease of recoveries of PAHs by Fe3O4-CTAB MNP.

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Thus, PAHs adsorbed by DOM or DOM-CTAB would not have been extracted by Fe3O4 MNPs

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due to the electrostatic repulsion between DOM or DOM-CTAB and MNPs (Figure 5a and b).

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These combinations of pH-dependent phenomena resulted in recoveries of PAHs being inversely

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proportional to concentration of DOM until a concentration of 40 mg/L for FA and 50 mg/L for

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HA. 2) Recoveries of PAHs were increasing until the concentration of FA reached 80 mg/L or for

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HA 100 mg/L. This phenomenon has been less reported. And at this stage, the newly added FA

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and HA also adsorbed the CTAB and PAHs, which might reduce electrostatic repulsion between

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the DOM complex and Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs. As a result, DOM complexes would be adsorbed onto

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surfaces of Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs, and some polymers such as flocculation,48,49 were gradually

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formed with addition of FA and HA due to electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. It has been

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reported removal of DOM from water with bentonite and benzyltrimethylammonium bromide by

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flocculation reaction (Figure 5c).50 When more than 80 mg/L FA and 100 mg/L HA was added to 12

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the solution, newly added DOM would also compete with previously added DOM and

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DOM or DOM-CTAB would both be more electronegative, because the competitive adsorption of

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the new added DOM to CTAB and PAHs from previously formed polymers. Therefore,

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electrostatic repulsion between DOM complexes and Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs was recovered due to

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electrostatic repulsion regenerated by their electronegativity, which decreased adsorption of PAHs

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by Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs (Figure 5d).

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Method Parameters. Calibration curves were run for 15 PAH in the range of 0−400 ng/L.

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Coefficients of determination (r2) for PAHs (logKow ≥ 4.46) were all greater than 0.99, and LODs

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were calculated by using 3 times the signal-to-noise, and ranges from 0.4 to 10.3 ng/L, which

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indicated suitability of MNPs for preconcentration of neutral, hydrophobic organic pollutants,

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such as PAHs. However, lesser recoveries of Nap, Ace and Flo were likely due to their greater

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volatilities and solubilities in water. Therefore, coefficients of determination (r2) for Ace and Flo

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were 0.78 and 0.88, but an adequate standard curve could not be obtained for Nap.

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Analyses of Environmental Water Samples. Reproducibility of recoveries of PAHs by

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Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs was investigated by spiking known amounts of the standard mixture of PAHs

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into samples of rainwater, two samples of river water, wastewater, and tap water. Figure 6 shows

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the chromatograms of PAHs in the water samples of Qing river by using UPLC-FLD. Effects of

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physical-chemical factors were also investigated. Total concentrations of 15 PAHs in the samples

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for rainwater, upstream and downstream river water, wastewater and tap water were 924.3 ± 80.71,

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wastewater and tap water, respectively (Table 2).

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Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs on extraction of PAHs. There could be two aspects of their interactions: 1)

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Fe3O4 MNPs were electronegative at pH 10.0, and a competitive adsorption of metal ions with

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CTAB on surfaces of Fe3O4 MNPs, prevented formation of mixed hemimicelles, and resulted in

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poorer recoveries of PAHs.51,52 2) due to strong complexation between Ca2+, and Mg2+ and some

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functional groups (carboxyl, phenolic hydroxyl) of DOM,42, 46-48 which was also due in part to

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lesser adsorption of CTAB to DOM. Thus, presence of DOM would indirectly reduce the effect of

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metal irons on adsorption activity of MNPs to PAHs, as well as increasing development of mixed

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Concentrations of TOC in five environmental waters are 23.22 ± 0.62, 8.41 ± 0.32 and 3.58 ±

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and Mg2+ in tap water reduced adsorption of PAHs due to electrostatic binding to Fe3O4 MNPs,

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which are competitive for CTAB, and could prevent formation of mixed hemimicelles.55 DOM in

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river water and waste water reduced effects of Ca2+ and Mg2+ on performance of Fe3O4 MNPs due

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to complexation of the metal ions, which resulted in greater recoveries of PAHs.56 Some polymer

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interaction of DOM, CTAB, and Fe3O4 MNPs.50 Therefore, Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs performed better

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employing Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs would be the use of internal standards using mass-labeled PAHs.

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The Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs, used in the present study, had several advantages for extraction of

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PAHs from water. First, their relatively large specific surface area provided more adsorption sites

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for PAHs, and their superparamagnetism also benefited rapid separation. Second, separation of

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PAHs was completed within 5 min, and the preconcentration process was convenient, which

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greatly shortened the duration required for maximal extraction. Third, relatively small amounts of

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organic solvents were need, which avoided waste of solvents. Fourth, the Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs can

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easily be synthesized with several low-cost chemicals, which might be more suitable to

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industrialization for the determination of trace organic pollutants. Last, the lesser biotoxicity of

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Fe3O4 MNPs and CTAB might potentially reduce pollution of the environment, compared with

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other nano-materials. In conclusion, Fe3O4-CTAB MNPs as a solid adsorbent combined with

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UPLC-FLD presented excellent performance in analyzing trace PAHs in water.

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The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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(No41222026, 41130743 and 21007063). Prof. Giesy was supported by the program of 2012

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"High Level Foreign Experts" (#GDT20143200016) funded by the State Administration of

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Foreign Experts Affairs, the P.R. China to Nanjing University and the Einstein Professor Program

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of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was also supported by the Canada Research Chair

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program.

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Different eluents

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Figure 3. Recoveries of PAHs as functions of Fe3O4 MNPs as pH (a), ratio of 2:1 to CTAB (b), standing time (c), and 4 kinds of eluents (d) in batch mode. Sample

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Figure 5. Schematic representation of interactions among CTAB, DOM, PAHs, Fe3O4 MNPs. (a) from adsorption of CTAB onto Fe3O4 MNPs; (b) from adsorption of

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Table 1. Analytical parameters of the proposed method. PAHs Naphthalene

Acenaphthene Fluorene Phenanthrene

Nap Ace Flo Phe

(g/m3) 30.2 3.93 1.9 1.18

the range of

Slope ± SD

correlation

LODb

RSD (%)

concentration (ng/L)

[mV·L/ng]

coefficient (r2)

(ng/L)

(n=3)

a

LogKow 3.45 4.22

0.1−400

4.38

0.1−400

4.46

0.1−400

-

20.6

-

3

0.782

0.7

18.0

4

0.888

3.9

10.2

3

0.992

10.3

3.9

4

-

0.1−400

(0.96±0.21)×10

(1.91±0.19)×10 (7.84±0.06)×10

Anthracene

Ant

0.076

4.54

0.1−400

(1.25±0.03)×10

0.999

0.5

6.9

Fluoranthene

Fla

0.26

5.2

0.1−400

(4.50±0.04)×103

1.000

3.5

4.4

0.1−400

3

1.000

6.4

2.4

4

0.998

1.0

2.4

4

Pyrene Chrysene

Pyr Chr

0.135 0.0019

5.3 5.61

0.1−400

(1.63±0.02)×10 (5.09±0.12)×10

Benzo[b]fluoranthene

Bbf

0.014

5.78

0.1−400

(4.49±0.15)×10

0.993

0.4

5.2

Benzo(a)anthracene

Baa

0.011

5.91

0.1−400

(3.07±0.12)×104

0.996

1.7

4.3

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

Bkf

0.008

6.2

0.1−400

(3.58±0.11)×105

0.995

1.2

7.5

0.1−400

5

0.995

1.7

6.0

4

0.990

3.3

4.2

5

Benzo[a]pyrene Dibenz[a,h]anthracene Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene Benzo[ghi]perylene 398

abrreviation

water solubility

a

Bap DahA

0.0038 0.0005

6.35 6.75

0.1−400

(2.09±0.11)×10

(9.63±0.20)×10

IcdP

0.0005

6.51

0.1−400

(1.18±0.06)×10

0.996

3.5

4.3

BghiP

0.0003

6.9

0.1−400

(1.20±0.02)×103

0.999

2.3

8.2

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water solubilities and logKow of 15 PAHs are quoted from Huckins et al.

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Table 2. Results of determination and recoveries of natural water samples spiked with 60 ng/L of PAHs. samples

a

rainwater

downstream water

upstream water

wastewater

tap water

PAHs

detecteda (ng/L)

recoveryb (%)

detecteda (ng/L)

recoveryb (%)

detecteda (ng/L)

recoveryb (%)

detecteda (ng/L)

recoveryb (%)

detecteda (ng/L)

recoveryb(%)

Nap

97.12±6.24

45.99±24.32

181.94±29.36

52.86±19.91

395.88±12.96

86.34±21.25

360.00±13.74

62.64±16.95

128.6±14.00

19.40±1.71

Ace

270.47±37.39

63.53±24.48

492.39±17.28

91.35±24.07

558.42±71.68

79.69±18.31

1177.08±19.55

67.06±15.25

65.01±3.21

47.71±3.55

Flo

329.57±22.75

85.22±16.11

319.28±27.21

94.00±21.39

421.18±49.12

86.71±13.50

395.01±2.39

80.79±11.44

69.75±4.46

56.89±8.04

Phe

168.75±6.02

80.04±7.24

92.33±10.80

89.67±12.92

167.82±8.70

84.60±10.20

178.39±0.96

95.19±5.05

30.41±2.19

63.60±0.19

Ant

18.25±0.98

82.78±6.35

13.63±0.50

96.27±6.40

11.09±0.50

96.11±7.32

9.16±0.16

72.52±1.05

2.40±0.12

66.55±1.91

Fla

12.54±0.75

87.44±9.23

10.97±0.83

93.36±3.03

18.16±2.24

87.74±7.07

18.26±0.15

85.47±3.35

2.69±0.17

63.65±0.04

Pyr

8.77±1.11

85.10±8.36

14.10±0.69

83.33±4.21

12.09±2.57

82.46±1.66

10.31±0.14

88.25±2.45

0.06±0.08

63.25±6.06

Chr

2.81±0.21

92.44±9.83

8.69±0.16

86.82±1.61

7.81±0.04

81.06±1.74

7.75±0.02

77.83±3.59

0.75±0.05

63.50±3.62

Baa

1.87±0.21

94.80±11.02

10.33±0.19

84.64±0.19

12.31±0.09

82.21±3.13

12.10±0.08

76.89±3.24

1.15±0.03

62.94±2.11

Bbf

2.73±0.26

96.86±10.53

10.69±0.26

85.55±0.80

9.37±0.06

78.87±1.12

9.61±0.02

69.88±3.30

0.15±0.01

63.95±2.58

Bkf

1.44±0.31

97.40±10.87

9.26±0.13

85.68±14.52

10.37±0.07

77.80±1.98

10.20±0.01

75.21±3.46

0.48±0.01

62.34±2.97

Bap

0.77±0.45

102.99±3.62

13.17±0.19

79.06±2.77

16.83±0.11

74.15±1.53

16.66±0.01

72.92±2.87

0.41±0.00

61.02±5.34

DahA

1.54±0.83

101.53±12.13

10.01±0.40

89.93±4.02

12.05±0.09

80.76±1.90

11.98±0.03

82.17±4.32

0.47±0.23

65.60±2.89

IcdP

4.25±2.43

92.04±12.28

13.22±0.44

89.97±0.58

13.23±0.33

79.22±2.49

12.64±0.57

78.29±3.79

1.98±0.29

63.57±3.26

BghiP

3.42±0.77

111.04±8.24

6.98±0.76

86.38±4.86

3.30±0.09

85.66±1.76

3.32±0.29

98.42±9.80

1.23±0.22

64.50±2.21

305.54±25.07

59.23±11.91c

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87.95 ±16.16

c

1206.99±89.22

c

82.89±5.25

1669.91±148.65

85.92±10.19

c

2232.47±38.12

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