Design and optimization of the VA-TV-SPME method for ultrasensitive determination of the PAHs in polluted water.
This paper describes how a novel and reliable alternative approach was developed for conventional solid-phase microextraction (SPME) sampling by total-vaporization of a sample under vacuum conditions. SPME sampling consists two stages of the equilibrium process, which take place between the sample/headspace and the headspace/fiber coating. In the total-vaporization SPME (TV-SPME) strategy, the first stage is omitted and analytes are directly partitioned between the headspace and fiber coating.