Zeolitic imidazole framework templated synthesis of nanoporous carbon as a novel fiber coating for solid-phase microextraction

A new solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber coating material, a zeolitic imidazole framework-67 (ZIF-67) templated nanoporous carbon, Co-NPC, was fabricated by one-step direct carbonization of ZIF-67 without using any other carbon precursors. The prepared Co-NPC was then coated onto a functionalized stainless steel wire by a simple physical coating method to prepare SPME fibers. By coupling the Co-NPC coated fiber based SPME with gas chromatography/micro-electron capture detection (GC/μECD), the developed method exhibited low limits of detection (0.07–0.45 ng g−1) and a wide linearity (0.30–50 ng g−1) for the determination of five organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in vegetable samples. The method was applied to the analysis of cabbage, cucumber and celery cabbage samples, and the recoveries of the analytes were in the range of 87.9–103.9% with the relative standard deviations (RSDs) ranging from 5.1% to 10.4% (n = 5). Single fiber repeatability and fiber-to-fiber reproducibility values expressed as RSDs were in the range of 4.9–9.6% and 5.8–11.0%, respectively. The method was simple, convenient and feasible for the determination of OCPs in real samples.