Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) as ubiquitous and enormously persistent pollutants ("forever chemicals") with partially substantial hazard potential represent an important and still growing target for environmental analysis. Due to the large number of samples that must be tested for PFAS and the multitude of structurally similar PFAS, their analysis poses special challenges with regard to separation efficiency and time.
With the phase VDSpher PFAS, VDS optilab offers an excellent solution to this complex separation problem. In cooperation with Kevin Staudt of the Service Point for Mass Spectrometry of Saarland University, a method was developed to achieve very good separation for 20 PFAS in only eight minutes.
