Efficient extraction of atrazine in real water samples using a biopolymer ZnO@chitosan nanocomposite-based solid-phase extraction cartridge and its quantification by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Safina Kamboh, Syeda Sara Hassan, Saira Sidhu, Muhammad Raheel Bawani, Akbar Ali, Khalid Hussain Thebo, Sabry M. Attia, Ahmed Nadeem · 2026
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Description
Kamboh and seven co-authors pull the weed killer atrazine out of water with a cartridge packed with a zinc oxide and chitosan mix, in a study from twenty twenty-six. Atrazine, a herbicide, lingers in farm runoff and groundwater, so cheap ways to check for it are in demand. The mix is a biopolymer nanocomposite, made by a sol-gel route. Light-based and imaging tools probe what the mix is and how it looks.
At the best settings, the cartridge takes back ninety-eight percent of the atrazine from lab-made water. The cling to the surface fits a first-order rate law on a mixed surface. In real field water and groundwater, the take-back rate hits about seventy percent. A shop-bought cartridge took back just sixty percent from field water. Low cost, a green make, and a strong take all favor the new mix.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Safina Kamboh, Syeda Sara Hassan, Saira Sidhu, Muhammad Raheel Bawani, Akbar Ali, Khalid Hussain Thebo, Sabry M. Attia, Ahmed Nadeem |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |