A KBr-impregnated paper substrate as a sample probe for the enhanced ATR-FTIR signal strength of anionic and non-ionic surfactants in an aqueous medium
| Autor: | Jayant Nirmalkar, Bhupendra K. Sen, Ramsingh Kurrey, Manas Kanti Deb, Kamlesh Shrivas, Mithlesh Mahilang, Vikas Kumar Jain |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Aqueous solution Materials science Filter paper General Chemical Engineering 010401 analytical chemistry Analytical chemistry Substrate (chemistry) 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Adsorption Linear range Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 0210 nano-technology Selectivity |
| Zdroj: | RSC Advances. 10:40428-40441 |
| ISSN: | 2046-2069 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d0ra07286a |
| Popis: | Herein, we report a KBr-impregnated paper substrate as a sample probe to enhance the attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) signal strength of anionic surfactants (AS) and non-ionic surfactants (NS) in an aqueous solution. The mechanism for the sensing of AS and NS is based on the strong interaction of surfactants with the silicate groups (SiO44−) of the KBr-impregnated paper substrate. The role of SiO44− on the surface of the paper is to enhance the adsorption of AS and NS, resulting in improved IR signal intensities for the target analytes. The improved signal intensity at 1253 cm−1 (SO42−, symmetric stretching) for AS and 1114 cm−1 (C–O–C, stretching vibration) for NS were selected for quantification. SEM-EDX was employed to determine the elemental compositions of pre- and post-adsorbed AS and NS on glass fibre filter paper (GFF). The linear range for the determination of AS and NS was 10–100 μg L−1 with a method detection limit (MDL) of 4 μg L−1 and method quantification limit (MQL) of 12 μg L−1. The good relative recovery of 71.4–109.7% and the interference studies showed the selectivity of the method for the determination of AS and NS in environmental water and commodity samples. The advantages of this method include its cost-effectiveness, enhanced sensitivity, disposability and accessibility of the paper substrate. |
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