Food safety issue caused by aflatoxins has aroused widespread
concern
in society. Herein, a novel fluorine-functionalized triazine-based
porous organic polymer (F-POP) was developed for the first time by
the simple condensation polymerization of 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine
and cyanuric chloride. With in-built fluorine functional group (F)
and imine group (−NH−), F-POP displayed significantly
superior adsorption ability for aflatoxins, outperforming fluorine-free
POP due to the multiple interaction mechanisms of hydrogen bond, F–O
interaction, π–π interaction, F−π
interaction, and hydrophobic interaction. Thus, magnetic F-POP was
prepared by introducing Fe3O4 into F-POP and
then utilized as a magnetic sorbent for the extraction of trace aflatoxins
in peanut and rice samples prior to high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence
detection. Under the optimal conditions, the proposed method presented
high sensitivity with the limit of detections at 0.005–0.15
ng g–1. F-POP also exhibited outstanding adsorption
capability for many other organic pollutants, revealing its great
potential for analysis or adsorption applications.