Application of the electropolymerized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) sorbent for solid-phase microextraction of bisphenols

Abstract

A new, simple, and effective procedure using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/lignosulfonate electropolymerized sorbent solid-phase microextraction (PEDOT/LS-SPME) combined with LC-MS/MS for determination of bisphenols in environmental water samples was developed. Various parameters influencing the performance of the analytical procedure including the type of sorbent, electropolymerization time, sorbent preconditioning time, extraction time, desorption (time and solvent), and sample pH were investigated and optimized. Under optimal conditions the proposed method allowed us to achieve good precision (n = 5) between 6.0 and 12.1%. The limits of detection were equal to 0.17 μg L⁻¹ for BPA, 0.16 μg L⁻¹ for BPF, 0.07 μg L⁻¹ for BPE, 0.05 μg L⁻¹ for BPB, and 0.027 μg L⁻¹ for BPAF. The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of bisphenols in aqueous environmental samples.