A porous layer open tubular monolith on microstructured optical fibre for microextraction and online GC-MS applications

Abstract

A microextraction device comprising a porous layer open tubular (PLOT) polymer housed in a microstructured optical fiber has been shown to be an attractive tool for analyte extraction and coupling to GC-MS as a cost-effective alternative to traditional SPME. This paper details the fabrication of a poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) PLOT optical fibre microextraction device and its use in the extraction of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in aqueous solution. Good linear calibrations were obtained with R² values above 0.970 for five PAHs analyzed, with percent relative standard deviation values of 22.2 to 43.6% for PAH standards with concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 100 ppm. In addition, the robust poly(styrene-co-DVB) PLOT optical fibre porous polymer microextraction (PPME) device appears to retain its effectiveness with repeated use over an extended period of time.