The sorption of 12 neutral organic compounds (NOCs) contained in mixtures to both hydrophilic mineral surfaces [uncoated, iron (hydr)oxide-coated, and aluminum (hydr)oxide-coated sands] and humic acid-mineral complexes with different fractions of organic carbon, f oc (1⁄4 0:051, 0.119, and 0.221%) was evaluated using batch equilibrium sorption tests. The 12 compounds included six nonpolar NOCs ...

A heat-assisted laser ablation electrospray ionization (HA-LAESI) method for the simultaneous mass spectrometric analysis of nonpolar and polar analytes was developed. The sample was introduced using mid-infrared laser ablation of a water-rich target. The ablated analytes were ionized with an electrospray plume, which was intercepted by a heated nitrogen gas jet that enhanced the ionization of ...

To investigate the wide range of pollutants occurring in sewage sludge, an analytical method for comprehensive non-target screening is needed. To the best of our knowledge, no procedures currently exist for the full screening of organic contaminants in sewage sludge, which is the ultimate goal of this project. We developed non-discriminating sample preparation methods for gas chromatography-mas...

Most electrospray based ambient ionization techniques, e.g., laser ablation electrospray ionization (LAESI), utilize a fixed spray solution composition. Complex samples often contain compounds of different polarity that exhibit a wide range of solubilities in the electrospray solvent. Thus, the fixed spray solution composition limits the molecular coverage of these approaches. Two-barrel theta ...

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) stationary phases can be segregated by their ability to separate either polar on nonpolar compounds, that is, reversed-phase materials (C18, C8) strongly retain nonpolar solutes with polar solutes eluting at or near the void volume, and hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) and normal phase columns strongly retain polar analytes with nonpol...

Insect social life is governed by chemicals. A great number of studies have demonstrated that the blend of hydrocarbons present on the cuticle (CHCs) plays a pivotal role in intra- and inter-specific communication. It is not surprising, therefore, that social parasites, specialized in exploiting the costly parental care provided by host workers, exploit the host chemical communication system to...

The coupling of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (LC/MS) has been established as one of the most powerful tools in analytical chemistry and has resulted in important advances especially in biomedical and biochemical research. The predominantly used interfaces are electrospray ionization (ESI) and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI). Non-polar compounds, however, are diffi...

Arsenic-containing lipids in the oil from the blue whiting fish (Micromesistius poutassou) were separated into three broad polarity groups and investigated by HPLC and mass spectrometry. A total of 11 arsenolipids including 4 new compounds were identified. The polar lipid fraction constituting 24% of the total arsenolipid content (which totalled 2.16 μg As/g) contained four known dimethylarsino...