Review Article

Advanced Solid-Phase Microextraction Techniques and Related Automation: A Review of Commercially Available Technologies

Table 2

Exhaustive METs and their main features.

Extraction deviceName
Producer
Design characteristicsExtraction phaseGC injection portAutomation
Area (mm2)Volume (μL)Sorbent

Needlex
Shinwa Chem Ind. LTD
i.d. 0.5 mm-o.d. 0.7 mm-length 85 mm3.0Tenax- PDMS-DVB-carbopack-carboxenConventional (liner split/splitless)Online
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ITEX
CTC Anal. AG
ITEX syringe 1300 μl3.0Tenax-carbopack-carbosieve-carboxenConventional (liner split/splitless)Online


Sorbent Pen
Entech Inst.
6.1 mm o.d.
Length 88.9 mm
10Tenax-tenax/carbopack-PDMS/tenax-PDMS/tenax/carbopack-carboxen-carbopack-PDMS/tenax-tenax/carbopackSPDU-5800Online
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MEPS
SGE Anal. Sci.
Syringe 100–250 μL removable needle<1.0C18–C2-silica-C8-C8/SCX-SAXConventional (liner split/splitless)Online
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μSPEed
ePREP
Length <1 cm, 3 μm sorbent particle size<1.0C18-WAX-PFAS-PS/DVB-silica-PS/DVB/Phenyl-SAX_PS/DVB-SCX_PS/DVB-cxylConventional (liner split/splitless)Online

i.d.: internal diameter; o.d.: outer diameter; PDMS: polydimethylsiloxane; DVB: divinylbenzene; AC: activated carbon; PEG: polyethylene glycol; PS: polystyrene; SCX: strong cation exchange; SAX: strong anion exchange; WAX: weak anion exchange; SPDU: sorbent pen desorption unit.