Fused Deposition Modeling Enables the Low-Cost Fabrication of Porous, Customized-Shape Sorbents for Small-Molecule Extraction

Anal Chem. 2017 Apr 18;89(8):4373-4376. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04390. Epub 2017 Apr 7.

Abstract

Fused deposition modeling, one of the most common techniques in three-dimensional printing and additive manufacturing, has many practical applications in the fields of chemistry and pharmacy. We demonstrate that a thermoplastic elastomer-poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) composite material (LAY-FOMM 60), which presents porous properties after PVA removal, is useful for the extraction of small-molecule drug-like compounds from water samples. The usefulness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by the extraction of glimepiride from a water sample, followed by LC-MS analysis. The recovery was 82.24%, with a relative standard deviation of less than 5%. The proposed approach can change the way of thinking about extraction and sample preparation due to a shift to the use of sorbents with customizable size, shape, and chemical properties that do not rely on commercial suppliers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't