Liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-Orbitrap high resolution mass spectrometry based method for target analysis and suspect screening of non-ionic surfactants in textiles

Chromatographic behavior and characterization of polydisperse surfactants using Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography hyphenated to High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

“…Thanks to this particular feature, surfactants are widely used in different industries: textile [1][2][3], cosmetics [4], pharmaceuticals [5], surface treatment [6], agriculture [7], etc. At the end of the twentieth century, Bhardwaj et al reported the place of surfactants in petroleum industry and especially in petroleum production [8], highlighting that surfactants have been ubiquitous in this process.…”

“…A second inconvenience of direct infusion for identification lies in the presence of isobaric ions. have the same m/z using low resolution mass spectrometry (LRMS), because the former one is singly charged, while the latter is doubly-charged [1]. To limit such isobaric interferences, two solutions are available: use of HRMS and/or coupling LC with MS. As HRMS is relatively expensive and only ultra-high resolution mass spectrometers can sufficiently resolve isobars, an upstream efficient chromatographic system appears as the best solution.…”

“…the comparison between four C18 columns from three suppliers to simultaneously analyze a high number of nonionic surfactants in textile matrices[1]. Lara Martin et al reported a novel methodology capable of analyzing at the same time surfactant and their carboxylates metabolites.…”

Fully automated identification and quantification of five polar pesticides in groundwater by isotope dilution‐online solid phase extraction coupled with high‐performance liquid chromatography‐quadrupole Orbitrap high‐resolution mass spectrometry

“…The volume of the liquid sample might be decreased sharply because the whole extracted fractions were eluted online for the subsequent analysis. More recently, high‐resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) attracts analyst's attention by its high resolving power and excellent mass accuracy, which provide greater confidence in identification and quantification as well as retrospective analysis of any potential compounds of interest in samples 34–36 . Continued improvements in the testing of pesticides for batch groundwater survey by taking the full advantages of online SPE and HRMS are critically required for a simple, automated, robust, and accurate measurement.…”

“…More recently, high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) attracts analyst's attention by its high resolving power and excellent mass accuracy, which provide greater confidence in identification and quantification as well as retrospective analysis of any potential compounds of interest in samples. [34][35][36]…”