Development of analysis methods, materials, and equipment for cost-effective "green" environmental monitoring

Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
AP05133158

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Relevance of the project:

Modern environmental monitoring in Kazakhstan and many other developing countries provides a limited amount of data, leading to serious health risks for the local population, decision-making difficulties, and significant financial losses. This problem is caused by the high cost of environmental analysis, which limits the number of monitored pollutants, sampling points, and measurement frequency.
Currently, the main goal of "green" analytical chemistry is to develop simple and cost-effective sample preparation methods that ensure acceptable measurement accuracy. Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is the most promising "green" sample preparation method, combining extraction, concentration, and purification in one step. Hundreds of environmental analysis methods based on SPME are described in the literature.
Despite the advantages of SPME, its widespread use in commercial laboratories is limited by the insufficient combination of cost-effectiveness and accuracy of existing methods. The problem is caused by the matrix effect, coating saturation, competition between analytes and matrix components for adsorption sites, low stability, and selectivity of commercially available coatings. Recent attempts by scientists, including our laboratory, have improved the specifications of SPME-based methods, but they still do not provide rapid and accurate determination of most analytes.
This project proposes using numerical methods to identify and solve the main methodological problems, vacuum SPME, and metal-organic framework-based coatings to increase extraction efficiency and accuracy with minimal time expenditure. Additionally, inexpensive equipment for sampling and preparing environmental objects using SPME will be developed.

Project goal:

develop new analytical methods, materials, and equipment for cost-effective "green" environmental monitoring.

Project objectives:

  1. Develop numerical models of solid-phase microextraction of analytes from air, water, and soil.
  2. Develop five new methods for the quantitative determination of the following organic toxicants in soil samples based on solid-phase microextraction
  3. Improve the technology for obtaining fibers for solid-phase microextraction based on metal-organic frameworks
  4. Develop two units of new cost-effective equipment for the analysis of environmental objects using solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography
  5. Prepare for certification and implement two developed analysis methods

Project participants:​

  • Kenessov Bulat Nurlanovich - head, Ph.D. in Chemistry, professor
  • Jacek Adam Koziel - foreign co-supervisor (Iowa State University), PhD, Professor
  • Orazbayeva Dina Sailaubekkyzy - Researcher, Head of Laboratory
  • Bakaikina Nadezhda Viktorovna - research associate
  • Baimatova Nasiba Hikmatullayevna - Senior Researcher, PhD
  • Kerimray Aimgul Mergenovna - Researcher, PhD
  • Derbisalin Miras Ajmadinovich - Researcher, 3rd-year PhD student
  • Zhakupbekova Arai Alibekovna - junior researcher, 2nd year doctoral student
  • Demyanenko Olga Pavlovna - junior researcher, 1st-year doctoral student
  • Bukenov Bauyrzhan Omirbekovich - junior researcher, 1st-year doctoral student
  • Omarova Anara - junior researcher, 2nd year doctoral student
  • Kotlyarov Alexander Alexandrovich - lead engineer

Used methods:

Advantages of the developed methods, materials, and equipment over existing ones:

  • Significantly lower analysis cost (up to 10 times) due to minimal expenses on materials and equipment, as well as automation.
  • Virtually no emissions of toxic compounds into the environment and toxic waste.
  • Comparable accuracies and detection limits.

To potential users of developments:

If you are interested in using the developed methods, materials, or equipment, please contact the project leader Bulat Nurlanovich Kenessov at bkenesov@cfhma.kz. We are continuously looking for companies ready to commercialize and implement the laboratory's developments.

Publications on the project:
Articles in international journals:

  1. Zhakupbekova A., Baimatova N., Psillakis E., Kenessov B., 2021. Quantification of trace transformation products of rocket fuel unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in sand using vacuum-assisted headspace solid-phase microextraction. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, In Press, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17844-1 (IF=4.223, second quartile in the "Environmental Sciences" category)
  2. Bukenov B., Baimatova N, Kenessov B., 2021. Quantification of transformation products of rocket fuel unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in air using solid-phase microextraction. Journal of Separation Science In Press, DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202100684. (IF=3.645, second quartile in the "Chemistry, Analytical" category)
  3. Omarova A., Baizhan A., Baimatova N., Kenessov B., Kazemian H., 2021. New in situ solvothermally synthesized metal-organic framework MOF-199 coating for solid-phase microextraction of volatile organic compounds from air samples. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 328, 111493. DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.111493 (IF=5.455, first quartile in the "Chemistry, Applied" category)
  4. Orazbayeva D., Koziel J.A., Trujillo-Rodriguez M., Anderson J., Kenessov B., 2020. Polymeric ionic liquid sorbent coatings in headspace solid-phase microextraction: A green sample preparation technique for the determination of pesticides in soil. Microchemical Journal 157, 104996.  DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.111493 (IF=3.594, first quartile in the "Chemistry, Analytical" category)
  5. Kerimray A., Baimatova N, Ibragimova O.P., Bukenov B., Kenessov B., Alimbayeva D., Karaca F., 2020. Assessing air quality changes in large cities during COVID-19 lockdowns: The impacts of traffic-free urban conditions in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Science of the Total Environment 730, 139179. (IF=6.551, first quartile in the "Environmental Sciences" category)
  6. Ibragimova O.P., Baimatova N., Kenessov B., 2019. Low-cost quantitation of multiple volatile organic compounds in air using solid-phase microextraction. Separations 6, 51. (IF=1.9, third quartile in the category "Chemistry, Analytical")
  7. Kenessov B., Derbissalin M., Koziel J.A., Kosyakov D.S., 2019. Modeling solid-phase microextraction of volatile organic compounds by porous coatings using finite element analysis. Analytica Chimica Acta 1076, 73-81. (IF = 5.123, first quartile in the "Chemistry, Analytical" category)
  8. Zhakupbekova A., Baimatova N., Kenessov B., 2019. A critical review of vacuum-assisted headspace solid-phase microextraction for environmental analysis. Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry 22, e00065. (IF = 4.462, first quartile in the "Chemistry, Analytical" category).
  9. Tursumbayeva M., Koziel J.A., Maurer D., Kenessov B., Rice S., 2018. Development of Time-Weighted Average Sampling of Odorous Volatile Organic Compounds in Air with Solid-Phase Microextraction Fiber Housed inside a GC Glass Liner: Proof of Concept. Molecules 24, 406. (IF = 3.098, second quartile in the "Chemistry, Multidisciplinary" category).
  10. Kenessov B., Koziel J.A., Baimatova N., Demyanenko O.P., Derbissalin M., 2018. Optimization of time-weighted average air sampling by solid-phase microextraction fibers using finite element analysis software. Molecules 23, 2736. (IF = 3.098, second quartile in the category "Chemistry, Multidisciplinary").
  11. Orazbayeva D., Kenessov B., Psillakis E., Nassyrova D., Bektassov M., 2018 Determination of transformation products of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in water using vacuum-assisted headspace solid-phase microextraction. Journal of Chromatography A 1555, 30-36. (IF = 3.981, first quartile in the "Chemistry, Analytical" category).
  12. Bakaikina N.V., Kenessov B., Ul'yanovskii N.V., Kosyakov D.S., 2018. Quantification of transformation products of rocket fuel unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in soils using SPME and GC-MS. Talanta 184, 332-337. (IF = 4.162, first quartile in the "Chemistry, Analytical" category)

Conference abstracts:

  1. Kenessov B., Koziel J.A., Derbissalin M., Demyanenko O. Improved model of air sampling by porous SPME fibers based on COMSOL Multiphysics software. Abstracts of 20th International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies ExTech-2018, Ames, Iowa, USA, 2018. P.20.
  2. Zhakupekova A.A., Baimatova N.Kh., Kenessov B.N. Determination of transformation products of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in soil by gas chromatography combined with vacuum vapor-phase solid-phase microextraction. Abstracts of the XI All-Russian Conference on Environmental Object Analysis with International Participation "Ecoanalytics-2019", Perm, Russia, 2019. P.75.

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