Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry for rapid analysis of organic environmental pollutants by using polydopamine nanospheres as a substrate

Kailong Luo, Baichuan Yang, Wenjing Guo, Qianqian Sun, Ouyang Dan, Zian Lin*, Zongwei CAI*

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Abstract

Polydopamine nanospheres (PDA) were designed to serve as a new substrate for surface-enhanced desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (SELDI-MS). Compared with conventional organic matrices, the PDA substrate showed superior LDI performance for analyzing a wide variety of environmental pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, bisphenols, benzophenones, sulfonamides, perfluorinated compounds and estrogens. Benzoapyrene was used to evaluate the ability of quantitative analysis and its corresponding limit of detection (LOD) of as low as 0.1 ng was achieved. High sensitivity and good reproducibility of PDA-based SELDI-MS allowed us to determine ultratrace PAHs in airborne particulate matters (PM2.5), and the corresponding concentration of BaP in different PM2.5 were 5.32, 8.97 and 9.79 ng m-3. Significantly, PDA exhibits the characteristics of simple synthesis, low cost, non-toxicity and less matrix interference, which provides the possibility for the sensitive analysis of organic small molecule pollutants at low concentrations in complex environmental samples. This journal is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5664-5669
Number of pages6
JournalAnalyst
Volume145
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Aug 2020

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Electrochemistry

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