Graphene and carbon nanotubes as solid phase extraction sorbents for the speciation of chromium: A review.

Title Graphene and carbon nanotubes as solid phase extraction sorbents for the speciation of chromium: A review.
Authors C. Herrero-Latorre; J. Barciela-García; S. García-Martín; R.M. Peña-Crecente
Journal Anal Chim Acta
DOI 10.1016/j.aca.2017.11.042
Abstract

In the last decades, the extensive use of chromium in industrial activities has led to the discharge of different chromium species into the biosphere. The two stable chromium forms are Cr(III) and Cr(VI), which have dramatically different properties. While the first one is essential, the second is harmful and carcinogenic, even at very low concentration. Therefore, the appropriate analysis of chromium in environmental, biological, food and other kind of samples need a reliable separation and subsequent quantification of both Cr species. The present paper provides a critical review of chromium speciation methods in which solid phase extraction was employed as sample pretreatment using graphene and carbon nanotubes (and their diverse oxidized, functionalized and magnetic derivatives) as sorbents. The different published methods for the speciation of Cr(III), Cr(VI) or both species are described and classified on the basis of the separation strategy employed: (i) the selective retention of only one of the two species by the sorbent, (ii) the retention of a Cr-chelate formed by using a ligand selective for only one of the Cr-species, or (iii) the sorption of both Cr(III) and Cr(VI) species. In addition, the distinct applied SPE modes (on-column, dispersive or magnetic) and their automation possibilities, the analytical techniques utilized for measurement of the Cr-species after separation, as well as the analytical figures of merit of the methods developed up to date are evaluated. Finally, the expected future trends of solid phase extraction for Cr speciation based on carbon nanomaterials such as graphene, carbon nanotubes and their derivatives as sorbents are commented.

Citation C. Herrero-Latorre; J. Barciela-García; S. García-Martín; R.M. Peña-Crecente.Graphene and carbon nanotubes as solid phase extraction sorbents for the speciation of chromium: A review.. Anal Chim Acta. 2018;1002:117. doi:10.1016/j.aca.2017.11.042

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