Sample Preparation-Quo Vadis: Current Status of Sample Preparation Approaches
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 50439
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Interests: analytical chemistry; sample preparation; chromatography; HPLC; method validation; method development; separation science; food analysis; bioanalysis; environmental analysis; green analytical chemistry; sorptive extraction; microextraction techniques
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Dear Colleagues,
Sample preparation is and will always be the most important step in chemical analysis. Numerous techniques, methods, methodologies, and approaches are published in the literature, offering a wide range of analytical tools to the lab practitioner. Analytical scientists all over the world try to develop protocols for a plethora of analytes in various sample matrices. In the past decade advances in sample pre-treatment followed the demand for green chemistry and green analytical chemistry, focusing on miniaturization and automation, using the least possible amount of organic solvents. The question is, how far have we come, and what are the future perspectives? Analytical chemists are invited to share their experience in the field and report on the recent advances in sample preparation approaches.
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
Prof. Irene Panderi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sample preparation
- sample pretreatment
- extraction techniques
- microextraction techniques
- green analytical chemistry
- miniaturization
- automated techniques
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