Electroextraction (EE) encompasses a range of sample preparation methods whose effectiveness, selectivity, and efficiency are significantly influenced by the physical-chemical characteristics of analytes, samples, and instrumental conditions. This article explores, for the first time, various strategies aimed at enhancing the extraction efficiency of a recent approach of EE utilizing a paper point (PP) combined with a hollow fiber (HF) (abbreviated as PP-HF-EE) to extract various cationic and anionic model compounds from water samples. The study also explores, experimentally, the impact of agitation, organic filter composition, PP diameter, and PP brand on extraction performance, and proves that all these factors are quite important, especially when digital image analysis is utilized for determination. Furthermore, this work demonstrates the ease and feasibility of simultaneously extracting cations and anions using PP-HF-EE and proposes a straightforward method to enhance analyte concentration on the vertex of the PP through a base-to-vertex focusing. Lastly, it is demonstrated, using capillary electrophoresis coupled to a UV-Vis detector, that for PP-HF-EE, the extraction efficiency and pre-concentration factor are less dependent on other parameters when multiple PPs per sample are utilized, with signal enhancement values of up to 111 and 339 for nortriptyline and haloperidol, respectively. All the findings and strategies presented herein constitute significant contributions that can facilitate future research in method development, particularly in the utilization of PP-HF-EE and similar EE approaches.

Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences v v i Brno Czech Republic

Laboratory of Microfluidics and Separations Federal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil

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