Evaluation of the biogeoavailability of metals and semimetals in soils using the diffusive gradient in thin film technique

• Grant number: 18/17069-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2018
• End date: January 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Amauri Antonio Menegário
• Grantee: Amauri Antonio Menegário
• Host Institution: Centro de Estudos Ambientais (CEA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Anne Helene Fostier ; Deepak Kumaresan ; Didier Gastmans ; José Silvio Govone ; Paul Nicholas Williams

Abstract

This project aims to develop new methodologies based on the use of the DGT technique - associated with mass spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma optics and atomic fluorescence with cold vapor generation or hydrides, in order to evaluate the biogeoavailability of metals and semimetals in soils. In addition to methods based on DGT, new methods based on the use of bioindicators (mainly plant material) will be developed by the implementation of phytoscreening.Studies will focus on the application of the DGT technique to evaluate the biogeoavailability in soils of some non-essential elements such as Al and Ni and of micronutrients such as Co, Cu, Mn, V and Zn. Basically, the tests involving DGT will consist of the collection and preparation of soil samples, followed by immersions in the laboratory using standard procedures (however, two of the main DGT parameters associated with analyte lability will be evaluated: immersion time and diffusive gel thickness). Results obtained by DGT and phytoscreening will be compared.The study areas will involve soils from sites contaminated by aromatic hydrocarbons (potentially able to increase the lability of EPTs), soils close to an uranium mine (Osamu Utsumi, Caldas, MG), soils close to mining areas, agricultural activities and geogenic anomalies in the Valley of Ribeira (SP) and soils and sediments in wetlands in the municipality of Nhecolândia (MS).We hope that this project, in addition to pioneering research on the biogeoavailability of EPTs and micronutrients in soils, will deepen international research collaboration previously funded by FAPESP (Program Sprint - 15 / 50306-4) and complement other funded projects by FAPESP (PFPMCG - Research - Thematic, 16 / 14227-5). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

YABUKI, LAUREN N. MARQUES; LUKO SULATO, KAREN S.; BONIOLO, MILENA R.; MENEGARIO, AMAURI A.; GARCIA, MARCELO L.. Diffusive gradients in thin films based on banana peel and moringa seeds binding gel disks for in situ measurement of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, FEB 2020. (16/14227-5, 18/17069-7)

ELIAS, LUCAS PELLEGRINI; MENEGARIO, AMAURI ANTONIO; HERNANDEZ, AMAURIS HECHAVARRIA; EISMANN, CARLOS EDUARDO; MARTINS VIANA, JOSE LUCAS; PEDROBOM, JORGE HENRIQUE; DE OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, EDSON GERALDO; BARBIERO, LAURENT; FOSTIER, ANNE HELENE. In situ fractionation and redox speciation of arsenic in soda lakes of Nhecolandia (Pantanal, Brazil) using the diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) technique. Chemosphere, v. 288, n. 2, FEB 2022. (16/14227-5, 18/17069-7, 19/18124-4, 21/00572-0)

TERAMOTO, ELIAS H.; GEMEINER, HENDRYK; ZANATTA, MELINA B. T.; MENEGARIO, AMAURI A.; CHANG, HUNG K.. Metal speciation of the Paraopeba river after the Brumadinho dam failure. Science of The Total Environment, v. 757, FEB 25 2021. (18/17069-7)

MARTINS VIANA, JOSE LUCAS; MENEGARIO, AMAURI ANTONIO; FOSTIER, ANNE HELENE. Preparation of environmental samples for chemical speciation of metal/metalloids: A review of extraction techniques. Talanta, v. 226, MAY 2021. (16/14227-5, 18/17069-7, 19/18124-4)

YABUKI, LAUREN N. MARQUES; LUKO SULATO, KAREN S.; BONIOLO, MILENA R.; MENEGARIO, AMAURI A.; GARCIA, MARCELO L.. Diffusive gradients in thin films based on banana peel and moringa seeds binding gel disks for in situ measurement of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, v. 102, n. 4, p. 25-pg., 2020-02-23. (16/14227-5, 18/17069-7)

EISMANN, CARLOS EDUARDO; MENEGARIO, AMAURI ANTONIO; DE OLIVEIRA JR, EDSON GERALDO; ELIAS, LUCAS PELLEGRINI; VIANA, JOSE LUCAS MARTINS; ZANATTA, MELINA BORGES TEIXEIRA; BARBIERO, LAURENT; FOSTIER, ANNE HELENE. A simple, green and low-cost agarose-based binding layer for simultaneous determination of cations and anions in aquatic systems using DGT. ANALYTICAL METHODS, v. 15, n. 27, p. 9-pg., 2023-06-23. (18/17069-7, 19/18124-4, 16/14227-5, 22/00518-9, 19/07359-0, 21/14272-9)

POMPEU PRADO MOREIRA, LUIZ FELIPE; DE OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, EDSON GERALDO; TEIXEIRA ZANATTA, MELINA BORGES; MENEGARIO, AMAURI ANTONIO; GEMEINER, HENDRYK. Use of carminic acid immobilized in agarose gel as a binding phase for DGT: A new approach for determinations of rare earth elements. Analytica Chimica Acta, v. 1263, p. 9-pg., 2023-04-28. (22/00518-9, 18/17069-7)

YABUKI, LAUREN N. M.; MENEGARIO, AMAURI A.; GEMEINER, HENDRYK; ROLISOLA, ANA MARTA C. M.; GASTMANS, DIDIER; WILLIAMS, PAUL N.. Residual biomass of coffee as a binding agent in diffusive gradients in thin-films technique for Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn measurement in waters. Talanta, v. 205, DEC 1 2019. (16/14227-5, 18/17069-7)

VIANA, JOSE LUCAS MARTINS; DE SOUZA, ADRIANA FELIX; HERNANDEZ, AMAURIS HECHAVARRIA; ELIAS, LUCAS PELLEGRINI; EISMANN, CARLOS EDUARDO; REZENDE-FILHO, ARY TAVARES; BARBIERO, LAURENT; MENEGARIO, AMAURI ANTONIO; FOSTIER, ANNE HELENE. In situ arsenic speciation at the soil/water interface of saline-alkaline lakes of the Pantanal, Brazil: A DGT-based approach. Science of The Total Environment, v. 804, JAN 15 2022. (16/14227-5, 18/17069-7, 19/18124-4, 19/07359-0)

SANTOS, CRISTIANE AILY; GEMEINER, HENDRYK; MENEGARIO, AMAURI ANTONIO; GALCERAN, JOSEP; TEIXEIRA ZANATTA, MELINA BORGES; CHANG, HUNG KIANG. A new approach to improve the accuracy of DGT (Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films) measurements in monitoring wells. Talanta, v. 238, n. 2, FEB 1 2022. (21/00572-0, 18/17069-7, 16/14227-5)