LUS‐1 typed nanoporous silica particles were synthesized and silylated with hexamethyldisilazane and investigated as a highly porous fiber coating for solid‐phase microextraction (SPME). The pore size distribution of the prepared Sil‐LUS‐1 was still typical of MCM‐41 and centered at 3 nm with a specific surface area of 720 m2g−1. The SPME fiber was prepared by liming the material on a copper wire. The extraction efficiency of the new fiber was compared with a commercial PDMS fiber for headspace extraction and GC‐MS analysis of phenol, 4‐nitrophenol, 2,4‐dichlorophenol and 4‐chlorophenol in water samples. Due to the high porosity of the prepared fiber it showed a higher sensitivity and better selectivity for the extraction of the target compounds. For optimization of different factors affecting the extraction efficiency, a simplex optimization method was used. The relative standard deviation for the measurements by one fiber was better than 7% for five replicates and the fiber‐to‐fiber reproducibility was about 10% for five fabricated fibers. Detection limits in the range of 0.002 to 0.026 μg mL−1 were obtained for the phenolic compounds. The fiber was successfully applied for the determination of phenolic compounds in natural water samples.
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