Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy hyphenated with surface microextraction for in-situ detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on food contact materials.pdfVIP

Talanta 158 (2016) 322–329 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Talanta journal homepage: /locate/talanta Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy hyphenated with surface microextraction for in-situ detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on food contact materials Min Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Yu-e Shi, Zhen Liu, Jinhua Zhan n Key Laboratory for Colloid Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry, Department of Chemistry, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China article info Article history: Received 5 February 2016 Received in revised form 16 May 2016 Accepted 24 May 2016 Available online 25 May 2016 Keywords: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy Microextraction Silver Nanoparticles Food contact materials abstract Highly bioaccumulated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have cause health concerns because of their carcinogenic properties. PAHs could migrate to food from contaminated food contact materials. In this study, a hyphenated technique combining surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with surface microextraction was developed for in-situ on site screening of PAHs on food contact materials. Methanol and 1-propanethiol-modi?ed silver nanoparticles (PTH-Ag NPs) were used to perform the insitu microextraction and detection of PAHs, respectively. The SERS spectra can be obtained by a portable Raman spectrometer. The vibration of the C–C bond of PTH at 1030 cmà1 was chosen as an internal standard peak. The PTH-Ag NPs showed high uniformity with an RSD of 2.96%. A plot of the normalized SERS intensity against ?uoranthene concentration showed a linear relationship (R2 ?0.98). The detection limit could reach 0.27 ng cmà2. The in-situ microextraction-SERS hyphenated technique for the detection of three PAHs at ?ve food contact materials was demonstrated. The method can be also applied to detect PAH mixtures. This in-situ microextraction-SERS hyphenated method demonstrated its ability to rapidly screen PAHs on contaminated food