Isolation of organophosphate pesticides from water using gold nanoparticles doped magnetic three-dimensional graphene oxide

Hassan Sereshti; Atiyeh Amirafshar; Ammar Kadi; Hamid Rashidi Nodeh; Shahabaldin Rezania; Hien Y Hoang; Anahita Barghi; Yasser Vasseghian

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138065

Isolation of organophosphate pesticides from water using gold nanoparticles doped magnetic three-dimensional graphene oxide

Chemosphere. 2023 Apr:320:138065. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138065. Epub 2023 Feb 6.

Authors

Hassan Sereshti¹, Atiyeh Amirafshar², Ammar Kadi³, Hamid Rashidi Nodeh⁴, Shahabaldin Rezania⁵, Hien Y Hoang⁶, Anahita Barghi⁷, Yasser Vasseghian⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 91779-48944, Mashhad, Iran.
³ Department of Food and Biotechnology, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
⁴ Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute, Karaj, Iran.
⁵ Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea. Electronic address: Shahab.rezania@sejong.ac.kr.
⁶ Center for Advanced Chemistry, Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, 03 Quang Trung, Da Nang, Viet Nam; Faculty of Natural Sciences, Duy Tan University, 03 Quang Trung, Da Nang, Viet Nam. Electronic address: hoanghieny@duytan.edu.vn.
⁷ Institute of Agricultural Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, 49315, South Korea.
⁸ Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon; Department of Sustainable Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602105, India. Electronic address: vasseghian@ssu.ac.kr.

PMID: 36754307
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138065

Abstract

Pesticides are a large group of pristine organic contaminants, which are widely discharged into environmental water due to agricultural activities. Hence, extraction, determination, and removal of pesticides from water resources are necessary for human health. In this study, novel adsorbent was developed based on three-dimensional magnetic graphene coated with gold nanoparticles (3D-MG@AuNPs) for extraction of chlorpyrifos, dicrotophos, fenitrothion, and piperophos as four specific organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) from wastewater and tap water samples. The proposed nanocomposite was characterized; FTIR and EDX are performed for the expected functional groups and elemental analysis, SEM showed the unique and spherical AuNPs are well dispersed over graphene sheets. In this investigation, the important parameters that have effect on the extraction efficiency, including the desorbing solvent, desorbing solvent volume, vortex time, the extraction time, adsorbent dosage, pH of sample solutions, and salt effect were evaluated. In conclusion, the measured amounts of the chosen OPPs were determined using the gas chromatography microelectron capture (μECD-GC) method. Limits of quantification (S/N ratio of 10) and detection (S/N ratio of 3) were attained at concentrations of 0.26-0.43 μg.L^-1 and 0.08-0.14 μg.L^-1, respectively. According to the results of the investigations, the synthesized 3D-MG@AuNPs did not require any complicated sample preparation methods; therefore, it is a very good choice for solid magnetic phase extraction studies.

Keywords: Gold nanoparticles; Magnetic graphene oxide; Magnetic solid phase extraction; Organophosphorus pesticides.

MeSH terms

Chlorpyrifos* / analysis
Gold
Graphite* / chemistry
Humans
Insecticides* / analysis
Limit of Detection
Magnetic Phenomena
Metal Nanoparticles* / analysis
Organophosphorus Compounds / analysis
Pesticides* / analysis
Solid Phase Extraction / methods
Solvents / chemistry
Water / chemistry

Substances

Water
Pesticides
graphene oxide
Graphite
Gold
Organophosphorus Compounds
Insecticides
Chlorpyrifos
Solvents