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Nowadays, the inside needle capillary adsorption trap (INCAT) technique as a solventless sample preparation approach and alternative extraction method derived from SPME is gaining rising attentions. The INCAT and needle-trap devices are inexpensive, robust, reusable, and are applicable for sampling and analyzing suitable organic compounds from many different sample matrices. Compared to the fragile silica-based SPME fiber, the needle device is nearly impossible to break mechanically. In addition, the extraction medium possesses quite a large extraction phase volume and a powerful preconcentration capability. Similar to SPME, needle-like devices are particularly convenient for automation and... 

Chlorinated benzenes are a group of cyclic aromatic compounds which are used mainly as intermediates in the synthesis of pesticides and other chemicals. These compounds have harmful effects on human health, as on blood, kidneys, skin and eyes, and cause biological disorders and cancers. Chlorobenzenes have been ranked as priority pollutants by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The permissible level of these compounds for drinking water ranges between 2 μg/L and 1 mg/L. Hence determination of these compounds is of a significant importance. Solid Phase Dynamic Extraction (SPDE) of 5 types of chlorobenzenes (monochlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene,... 

Considering principles of both micro-solid phase extraction (µ-SPE) and stir-bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) techniques, in this study a microextraction technique was developed using a polypropylene sheet as extracting device for isolation of fluoxetine from biological samples. Being rather inexpensive and simple to prepare extracting device, elimination of time consuming sorbent synthesis step and memory effect are some of the advantages of the proposed method. The extraction process was performed using a polypropylene sheet as extracting device. Solvent desorption was performed in a microvial and then extractant was injected into HPLC system. The effect of various parameters including pH,... 

Recently, conductive nanocomposites have found great deals of attentions due to their vast applications in different fields. According to the definition of nanocomposite, the filler component should be in the range of 10-100 nm. In this study, silver nanoparticles was used as filler with 4 nm size and synthesized by microemulsion method that is known as the best approach for fabricating silver nanoparticles with small sizes, narrow size distribution and high stability.
Copoly (ortho-phenylenediamine/dopamine) was used as matrix component. Ortho-phenylenediamine is one of the conductive polymers that was used less than other conductive polymers such as polyaniline in this research area.... 

This thesis cantain two section. In the first section a novel extracting medium based on magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) nanoparticles was synthesized by chemical polymerization for micro-solid phase extraction. In this work, the modified chitosan magnetite nanoparticles (MNP-CS) was synthesized by co-precipitating Fe2+ and Fe3+ in the chitosan solution [1,2]. The characteristic properties of Fe3O4@MIPs nanoparticles were determined using Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. Extraction efficiency of the novel extracting medium was compared with MNP-CS sorbents for the determination of RhB in aqueous samples, via quantification by spectrofluorimetry. The obtained results... 

In this thesis, a new approach was developed to achieve mechanical and chemical resistant capillary microextraction (CME) in on-line combination with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) based on sol-gel technology. This thesis is divided into three chapters:
First chapter contains of two parts. Overcoming the lack of mechanical stability of the substrate of CME by replacing the fused silica by copper tubings was the main objective of the first part. Self-assembled monolayers technique was employed to functionalize the copper tube followed by chemical bonding of the sorbent on the inner surface of the copper tube by sol-gel technology. The prepared copper tube containing the... 

Porosity and high surface area is a profound concept for creating advance materials. Nanofibers are an important class of nanomaterials with high surface to volume ratio as a result of long lengths and nano-to-micro-scale diameters. Electrospinning is a simple method for producing nanofibers from different polymers and composites and prepare highly efficient sorbents. Polymeric nanocomposites are claimed to exhibit markedly improved mechanical, magnetic, thermal and electrical properties. Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles have gained great attentions due to their low toxicity, stability and biocompatibility and have been extensively used to induce magnetic property to the desired sorbents.... 

Superhydrophobic surfaces have attracted much attention in recent years due to their unique properties. Artificial superhydrophobic surfaces can be fabricated by employing chemical modifying a hierarchical structured surface (micro- and nanostructures) with a low surface free energy material. In this report, we used a simple one-step coating process to prepare superhydrophobic sorbents with a large surface area. Surface chemistry and porosity are fundamental parameters for an efficient sorbent capable of extracting low levels of analytes. Considering physical and chemical peroperties of chlorobenzenes, superhydrophobic materials make to be good sorbents. So in this project melamine... 

An autonomous method for attitude and position determination of a satellite without using data from ground stations and also without the need for human interference is proposed using the image that the satellite has taken at each moment. The proposed method is based on recognition of stable features in the image and using them in order to match the satellite image with a source image from the Earth and the latitude and longitude of the features become known.SIFT and SURF algorithms have been examined. Using the perspective equation and camera coordinate system, a model has been developed that relates the coordinates of a point in the image with its equivalent coordinates in the real world.... 

This paper presents a novel method for satellite attitude determination, using Electrostatically Suspended gyroscope (ESG). In this method, two superconducting rings rotated around a spherical rotor, which causes a variable flux in rings. So according to faraday’s law of induction, a voltage will be induced in the rings. Using this voltage and a kalman filter, attitude of satellite will be determined. ESG works precisely, when the rotor is maintain at the center of gyroscope cavity, between three pairs of circular electrode, so a backstepping control algorithm will be designed In order to this purpose. The performance of attitude determination using this ESG and designed control algorithm is... 

In the first work, a superhydrophobic polystyrene hollow fiber (PS–HF) was synthesized by electrospinning and used in microextraction of trazine herbicides from aquatic media followed by gas chromatography mass spectrometric (GC–MS) determination. Effects of different parameters influencing the extraction efficiency including the solvent extraction and its amount, the desorbing solvent and its amount, extraction time and ionic strength were optimized. The characteristic properties of the hollow fiber were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The limits of detection and quantification of the method under optimized condition were 2 and 6 ng L-1, respectively. The relative standard... 

This thesis is focused on the preparation and use of polysaccharides as extractive phases in various extraction methods, such as the micro solid phase extraction (µ-SPE), needle trap microextraction (NTME) and thin film microextraction (TFME).In the first research, feasibility of the online µ-SPE method using cellulose acetate (CA) fibers was investigated. For this purpose, CA fibers were prepared by electrospinning technique and then placed into µ-SPE cartridge. With this method, it was possible to simultaneously extract the drug compounds in the urine and plasma samples. The enrichment factor and limits of detection (LODs) were obtained in the range of 194-210 and 1.0-2.4 μg L-1,... 

In this research, the surface of cellulose paper was modified with Hexadecyltrimethoxysilane, Phenyltriethoxysilane, (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane and 3-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)propyltrimethoxysilane via chemical bonding. Afterwards, the prepared papers were placed in the microfluidic device as sorbent in a sandwiched format. A syringe pump was used to drive the sample into the microfluidic channel. In order to investigated the performance of these sorbents, two types of anlaytes including toxins and antidepressant drugs were chosen as target analytes. In the case of toxins, ethion, fenthion, profenfose, diazinon, atrazine and ametryn were studied. among the antidepressant drugs,... 

Bisulfite is a food additive with preservative and antioxidant properties; however, excessive use can severely damage nutritional compounds in food, reducing nutritional value. Moreover, it can lead to the development of sensitivities, asthma, localized heart anemia, and lung cancer. Therefore, it is essential to establish a simple, innovative, fast, and reliable method for bisulfite identification in foodstuffs. In this research, a novel fluorescence sensor based on manganese oxide nanosheets and carbon dots was designed for bisulfite detection in food samples. Initially, manganese oxide nanosheets were synthesized via a bottom-up approach, and carbon dots were produced using a hydrothermal... 

Conventional solid phase microextraction fibers posses relatively low recommended operating temperature, instability and swelling in organic solvents, breakage of the fiber, stripping of coatings, and bending of the needle. Some of these problems have been obviated by covalent bonding of the polymer phase to the fused-silica substrate by sol-gel technology, but the easy breakage of the fiber still is a remaining challenge In this work, after successful fabrication of unbreakable SPME fibers based on 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate precursor deposited on the surface of copper wire, the same approach was carried out to synthesis new sol-gel based SPME fibers. Three different coated... 

Preparation and application of nanostructured sorbents for microextraction of some environmental pollutants and pesticides are the bases of this research. The first part of thesis deals with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their relevant nanocomposites using silica and conductive polymer matrix as extracting media. While, the second part involves the preparation of nanofibers and nanowires and they were applied for extraction of some selected pesticide from aquatic samples.
In the first work of part one, CNTs chemically bonded on modified gold substrate was used as novel unbreakable solid phase microextraction fiber for isolation of diazinon and fenthion, as model compounds. Parameters...