Exploration of metal-organic framework MOF-177 coated fibers for headspace solid-phase microextraction of polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Abstract Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have received much attention in analytical science for their large langmuir surface and high thermostability. Herein MOF-177-coated solid-phase micro-extraction (SPME) fibers were fabricated on etched stainless steel by an adhensive method, and applied to the enrichment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB01, PCB05, PCB29, PCB47, PCB98, PCB154, PCB171, PCB201) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (ANY, ANA, FLU, PHE, ANT, FLT, PYR) from environmental water samples. Several parameters affecting the extraction efficiency were optimized prior to the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis, including extraction temperature and time, desorption time, stirring rate and salt addition. The results indicated that the coated fiber gave low detection limits (0.69–4.42 ng L −1 ) and good repeatability with the RSD ranging from 1.47% to 8.67% for PCBs and PAHs. The recoveries were between 81.8% and 113% with the spiked level of 10 ng L −1 for the real water samples. Besides, the MOF-177 coated fiber was stable enough over 100 extraction cycles and the RSD for fiber-to- fiber reproducibility was less than 9.82% during the experiment.