Separation Techniques on a Miniaturized Scale

A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Chromatographic Separations".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 138

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Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, Brazil
Interests: liquid chromatography; gas chromatography; supercritical fluid chromatography; capillary unified chromatography; electrophoresis; mass spectrometry; GC-MS(MS); LC-HRMS

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São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, Brazil
Interests: chromatography; mass spectrometry; sample preparation; HPLC; UPLC

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Miniaturization has emerged as a promising frontier in separation science, offering unprecedented opportunities for enhancing separation processes' efficiency, sensitivity, and portability. With this in mind, this Special Issue explores the latest innovations and advancements in microscale separation sciences. All kinds of miniaturized techniques will be covered, from sample preparation micro techniques (SPME, SBSE, MEPS, SDME, DLLME, and HF-LPME), chromatographic techniques (capillary GC, capillary LC, and capillary SFC), electrophoretic techniques (CZE, EC, and c-ITP), integrated microfluidic systems for sample preparation and analysis, etc. Also, their coupling with other techniques such as mass spectrometry (cLC-MS, EC-MS, and SFC-MS) and multidimensional systems such as GC-GC, GCxGC, LC-LC, microLC-GC, microLC-SFC, and others will be included in this Special Issue. In addition to instrumentation, this Special Issue will comprise method development and application of the various miniaturized separation techniques to analyze food samples, pharmaceutical, environmental, drugs, fuels, OMICS, industrial, and samples relevant to other arenas. Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to contribute with your research article, communication, or review to this Special Issue entitled “Separation Techniques on a Miniaturized Scale”.

Prof. Dr. Fernando Lanças
Dr. Deyber Arley Vargas Medina
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • miniaturized sample preparation
  • sorbent-based microextraction
  • solvent-based microextraction
  • miniaturized instrumentation
  • green analytical chemistry
  • liquid chromatography
  • gas chromatography
  • open tubular liquid chromatography
  • capillary electrophoresis
  • microfluidic devices

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