This study aims at developing a novel, sensitive, fast, simple and convenient method for separation and preconcentration of trace amounts offluoxetine before its spectrophotometric determination. The method is based on combination of magnetic mixed hemimicelles solid phase extraction and dispersive micro solid phase extraction using 1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide coated magnetic graphene as a sorbent. The magnetic graphene was synthesized by a simple coprecipitation method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The retained analyte was eluted using a 100mL mixture of ethanol/acetic acid (9:1) and converted intofluoxetine-b-cyclodextrin inclusion complex. The analyte was then quantified byfiber optic linear array spectrophotometry as well as mode-mismatched thermal lens spectroscopy (TLS). The factors affecting the separation, preconcentration and determination of fluoxetine were investigated and optimized. With a 50 mL sample and under optimized conditions using the spectrophotometry technique, the method exhibited a linear dynamic range of 0.4e60.0mgL1 ,a detection limit of 0.21mgL 1 , an enrichment factor of 167, and a relative standard deviation of 2.1% and 3.8% (n¼6) at 60mgL 1 level offluoxetine for intra- and inter-day analyses, respectively.

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