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Yin H, Yao H, Yuan W, Lin CJ, Fu X, Yin R, Meng B, Luo J, Feng X. Determination of the Isotopic Composition of Aqueous Mercury in a Paddy Ecosystem Using Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films. Anal Chem 2023; 95:12290-12297. [PMID: 37605798 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
Measuring the isotopic composition of Hg in natural waters is challenging due to the ultratrace level of aqueous Hg (ng L-1). At least 5 ng of Hg mass is required for Hg isotopic analysis. Given the low Hg concentration in natural waters, a large volume of water (>10 L) is typically needed. The conventional grab sampling method is time-consuming, laborious, and prone to contamination during transportation and preconcentration steps. In this study, a DGT (diffusive gradients in thin films) method based on aminopropyl and mercaptopropyl bi-functionalized SBA-15 nanoparticles was developed and extended to determine the concentration and isotopic composition of aqueous Hg for the first time. The results of laboratory analysis showed that Hg adsorption by DGT induces ∼ -0.2‰ mass-dependent fractionation (MDF) and little mass-independent fractionation (MIF). The magnitude of MDF exhibits a dependence on the diffusion-layer thickness of DGT. Since Hg-MDF can occur in a broad range of environmental processes, monitoring the δ202Hg of aqueous Hg using the DGT method should be performed with caution. Field results show consistent MIF signatures (Δ199Hg) between the DGT and conventional grab sampling method. The developed DGT method serves as a passive sampling method that effectively characterizes the MIF of Hg in waters to understand the biogeochemical cycle of Hg at contaminated sites.
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- Hongqian Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- Center for Advances in Water and Air Quality, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Angyus SB, Senila M, Frentiu T, Ponta M, Frentiu M, Covaci E. In-situ Diffusive Gradients in thin-films passive sampling coupled with ex-situ small-sized electrothermal vaporization capacitively coupled plasma microtorch optical emission spectrometry as green and white method for the simultaneous determination of labile species of toxic elements in surface water. Talanta 2023; 259:124551. [PMID: 37075518 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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This study presents for the first time the coupling between in-situ Diffusive Gradient in Thin-film (DGT) passive sampling technique and ex-situ small-sized instrumentation based on electrothermal vaporization capacitively coupled plasma microtorch optical emission spectrometry (SSETV-μCCP-OES) for the simultaneous determination of Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn and Hg in surface water. Unique features of the DGT-SSETV-μCCP-OES are low power and low Ar consumption for plasma generation (15 W, 150 mL min-1) and significant improvement of the detection limits following DGT passive sampling. The new method was validated in terms of river water analysis in comparison with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry and thermal decomposition atomic absorption spectrometry. Combining the abilities of preconcentration by in-situ Chelex-DGT passive sampling with plasma microtorch equipped with a low resolution microspectrometer provided multielemental simultaneous determination with detection limits of (μg L-1) 0.01 (Cd, Zn and Hg), 0.02 (Cu) and 0.07 (Pb) in water, at least one order of magnitude better than using grab sampling without preconcentration. It was possible the quantification of labile fraction of priority hazardous metals (Cd, Pb) in river water below the instrumental limits of detection (μg L-1) of 0.12 and 0.80 obtained in SSETV-μCCP-OES without DGT sampling. The precision of the method was in the range 15.3-22.4% (combined uncertainty), while the accuracy was 95-103% and trueness of 27-33% (expanded uncertainty, k = 2). The DGT-SSETV-μCCP-OES coupling proved to be an ideal and powerful tool for surface water analysis in compliance with green and white analytical chemistry concepts. The application of the RGB-12 algorithm provided very good red/green (AGREEprep)/blue/white scores (%) of 100/80/98/93, determined primarily by in-situ DGT passive sampling, very good detection limits and cost-effective SSETV-μCCP-OES instrumentation.
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- Simion Bogdan Angyus
- National Institute for Research and Development of Optoelectronics INOE 2000 INCD Bucharest, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Donath 67, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babes-Bolyai University, Research Center for Advanced Analysis, Instrumentation and Chemometrics, Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- National Institute for Research and Development of Optoelectronics INOE 2000 INCD Bucharest, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Donath 67, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babes-Bolyai University, Research Center for Advanced Analysis, Instrumentation and Chemometrics, Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babes-Bolyai University, Research Center for Advanced Analysis, Instrumentation and Chemometrics, Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- National Institute for Research and Development of Optoelectronics INOE 2000 INCD Bucharest, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Donath 67, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babes-Bolyai University, Research Center for Advanced Analysis, Instrumentation and Chemometrics, Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Yang F, Dias ACP, Zhang X. Monoclonal antibody based immunoassay: An alternative way for aquatic environmental selenium detection. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 858:159909. [PMID: 36336056 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Environmental concerns about human health encouraged increasing methodological interest in selenium (Se), which is an essential non-metal trace element and varies within a narrow concentration range between essential and toxic. In this study, two types of long-armed Se haptens (Se-hapten-lc-NHS) were synthesized for the first time using active ester formalization. In producing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), the derivatization of haptenized Se at para- (meta-) and ortho-sites showed different properties. Finally, a mAb derived from hybridoma 5A52 was confirmed to be capable of establishing an indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ic-ELISA). There was a successful quantitative determination of Se4+ with a detection range of 17 to 207 pmol mL-1 and a limit of detection of approximately 3.9 pmol mL-1. The mAb was found to be remarkably sensitive and specific, with no evidence of cross-reactivity with other ions. The assay was validated for four kinds of Se forms in water samples and showed satisfactory recoveries between 80 % and 108 %, with coefficients of variation of 2.1 %-11 %. The method proposed in our study offers a useful protocol for the rapid screening of Se and provides an alternative solution for the analysis of Se in aquatic environments.
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- Fanfan Yang
- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; Chinese-German Joint Institute for Natural Product Research, College of Biological Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723000, China.
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Fang W, Yang D, Williams PN, Yang Y. Distinct response of arsenic speciation and bioavailability to different exogenous organic matter in paddy soil. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 309:136653. [PMID: 36191771 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Land application of organic waste has been increasingly encouraged since it could sequester carbon to mitigate climate change. Considering the susceptibility of arsenic (As) bioavailability in soils to organic matter, understanding the influence of different exogenous organic matter on As biogeochemical behavior in rice-soil system is crucial to reasonably recycle organic waste on soils and ensure the food safety. In this study, impacts of two typical organic matter amendments, rice straw and humic substance, on the As speciation and bioavailability in paddy soil were investigated. Results showed that addition of both rice straw and humic substance could increase the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) content in soil solution by 16.4%-34.4% and 21.7%-53.2%, respectively, but the response of As speciation and bioavailability was quite different, showing the decoupling between As release and DOC. Rice straw addition increased As release to porewater by 28.0%-28.4%, particularly at the initial 0-18 days after the soil was flooded, but humic substance presented the opposite effect, decreasing As release by 27.4%-43.1% which was mainly attributable to the AsIII immobilization. This study suggests that the organic matter with high contents of labile heteroaliphatic/aliphatic carbon, being easily to be biodegraded, should not be applied on As contaminated soils.
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- Wen Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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- Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5BN, Northern Ireland, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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Zhang R, Huang B, Zeng H, Wang X, Peng B, Yu H, Guo W. Arsenic extraction from seriously contaminated paddy soils with ferrihydrite-loaded sand columns. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 307:135744. [PMID: 35853516 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Reductive dissolution of iron oxides in flooded paddy soils is the most important cause of arsenic (As) release into soil aqueous solution and thus entry into rice. From the perspective of soil cleanup, however, As release under flooded condition could facilitate labile As removal. In this study, a porous column pre-loaded with ferrihydrite (Fh) was constructed, and its efficiency of soil As extraction was investigated using a purpose-designed mesocosm coupled with diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) for in situ visualization. With Fh-column deployed in aqueous solution, >90% removal of As(III) was achieved within 5 days at initial As (100 mg L-1) of two orders of magnitude higher than in most paddy soil solutions (1-1538 μg L-1). By applying Fh-column in a seriously contaminated paddy soil (102 mg As kg-1), porewater As showed stepwise decreases from 2727 μg L-1 to 129-1455 μg L-1 at a distance-dependent manner over four intermittent extractions during 91 days. Soil DGT-As exhibited similar spatiotemporal changes to porewater As. After four extractions, 17.8% of total soil As was removed by Fh-column in a 10 cm radius range on average and ∼1/3 of As bound to amorphous and crystalline Fe/Al oxides was depleted, which accounted for 88.7% of decline in total soil As. With the post-extracted soil, a 48% lower As accumulation in rice seedlings and a 65% decline in bulk soil DGT-As were attained. This study provides a conceptual foundation for rapid removal of high soluble As by Fh-columns from flooded soils, improving seriously As-contaminated paddies to sustainable resources for safe food production.
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- Ruiyuan Zhang
- School of Geographical Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Heavy-Metal Contamination and Ecological Remediation, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
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- Center for Foreign Economic & Technical Cooperation in Agriculture Department of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410006, China
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- Hunan Institute of Microbiology, Changsha, Hunan, 410009, China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Heavy-Metal Contamination and Ecological Remediation, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China.
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Heavy-Metal Contamination and Ecological Remediation, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Heavy-Metal Contamination and Ecological Remediation, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
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