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PSB 97<br />

Development of innovative sol-gel coatings for solid phase microextraction<br />

based on quinoxaline-bridged cavitands<br />

Paolo Betti a , Federica Bianchi b , Franco Bisceglie b , Enrico Dalcanale a , Monica Mattarozzi b<br />

a Dipartimento <strong>di</strong> Chimica Organica ed Industriale, <strong>Università</strong> <strong>di</strong> Parma, Viale G.P. Usberti 17/A,<br />

43100 Parma, Italy<br />

b Dipartimento <strong>di</strong> Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, <strong>Università</strong><br />

<strong>di</strong> Parma, Viale G.P. Usberti 17/A, 43100 Parma, Italy<br />

A problem of paramount importance in the field of analytical chemistry is related to the<br />

development of innovative materials to be used as new devices both in the separation field and<br />

for sample preparation techniques, thus enhancing the selectivity as well as the overall<br />

performances of the system under investigation with regard to target analytes or specific<br />

classes of compounds. In particular, the use of innovative materials, capable of highly selective<br />

interactions with the analytes (avoi<strong>di</strong>ng co-extraction of interferents from the matrix), turns out<br />

particularly interesting in all those cases in which commercially available materials do not allow<br />

an adequate extraction of the compounds under investigation. As far solid phase<br />

microextraction (SPME) is concerned, the major challenge is to improve the capabilities of this<br />

technique by developing novel coatings characterised by high thermal, chemical and pH<br />

stability. New technologies are required in order to obtain chemically bonded materials onto the<br />

silica surface. Sol-gel technology [1] has been recently proposed as innovative alternative to the<br />

commonly utilized grafting procedures owing to its capabilities of producing a great variety of<br />

inorganic networks from silicon or metal alkoxide monomer precursors under mild con<strong>di</strong>tions.<br />

In this study, cavitands are proposed as supramolecular receptors in order to develop materials<br />

characterized by high selectivity for the sampling of toxic compounds [2]. Owing to the<br />

capabilities of provi<strong>di</strong>ng specific interactions with target analytes, quinoxaline-based cavitands<br />

have been properly tuned up and introduced in a sol-gel process, thus producing highly stable<br />

and selective materials to be used as trapping devices for volatile organic compounds.<br />

[1] O. Lev, Anal. Chem, 1995, 67, 22A–30A<br />

[2] F:Bianchi, R. Pinalli, F. Ugozzoli, S. Spera, M. Careri, E. Dalcanale, New J. Chem., 2003,<br />

27, 502–509

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