Applications of Stable Isotope Analysis
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 25670
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Interests: green chemistry; nanomaterials; chromatography; mass spectrometry; food analysis; environmental analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
The isotopic composition of matter is controlled by different physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms. The different transformations of such matter can be followed through stable isotope analysis. The development of accurate isotopic techniques has allowed the analysis of a wide variety of matrices, including environmental (e.g., sediments, soils, waters, petroleum, meteorites), biological (e.g., bones, blood, organic tissues) and agri-food samples (e.g., milk, oils, wine). Thus, the application of these techniques has skyrocketed within different scientific fields such as geochemistry, archaeology, forensic science, biomedicine, environmental science, microbiology, soil science, and doping and fraud control, to name but a few. In fact, the possibilities that isotopic analysis offers are endless, and practically all disciplines of chemistry have employed these techniques.
This Special Issue aims to provide an updated view and highlight the advances in the application of stable isotope analysis in the different fields of chemistry. Thus, it covers but is not limited to improvements on procedures and instrumentation, including new sample treatments and instrumental set up as well as novel analytical applications. Moreover, recent applications of already well-established methodologies with significant interesting results are highly welcomed, as well as review articles.
We truly believe that this collection will be highly attractive for the research community due to the increasing interest in isotopic analysis.
Dr. Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera
Dr. Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stable isotope analysis
- compound specific stable isotopes
- authenticity
- traceability
- biogenic isotopic composition
- biogeochemistry
- geochemistry
- molecular archaeometry
- environmental chemistry
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