Table 1 Performance comparison between current work and the existing methods.

From: Mesoporous-silica nanofluidic channels for quick enrichment/extraction of trace pesticide molecules

Parameters

Typical existing methods

This work

SPE

SFE

SPME

MSPD

processing period of time

>1 hr

>30 min

>1 hr

<30 min

<20 min

reusability

poor (single time)

good (many times)

poor (a few times)

poor (single time)

good (many times)

cost

low

high

low

low

low

sensitivity

low

high

high

high

high

solvent consuming

high (several mL)

low

low (sub-mL)

low (sub-mL)

low (sub-mL)

on-line sampling

not

not

not

not

yes