New Frontiers of Heavy Metal Detection in Soil
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 265
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions to the Special Issue on New Frontiers of Heavy Metal Detection in Soil.
Heavy metals from both natural and anthropogenic sources present a significant risk to human and environmental health. Over the years, several techniques and methodologies have been developed for detection and quantification of heavy metals, including laboratory-based and onsite quantification after soil sampling, as well as in situ techniques. However, due to the complexity of the soil matrix, the low levels of occurrence of certain heavy metals, and the need to target its content in specific soil pools, the applicability, associated turnover time, and sensitivity of such techniques and methodologies have impaired the rapid and reliable detection of heavy metals in soils in specific situations. Therefore, the development of new techniques and/or methodologies for quantification of total heavy metal content as well as its speciation in the soil matrix that are robust, fast, capable of metal determination at low ppm, ppb, and ppt levels, and/or with the potential for onsite and in situ application is central to preventing and controlling heavy metal contamination.
In this Special Issue, we invite submissions exploring cutting-edge research and recent advances in the field of heavy metal detection and quantification in soils, targeting total content and/or specific fractions. Both theoretical and experimental studies are welcome, as well as comprehensive reviews and collaborative studies on improvement and harmonization of digestion/extraction methodologies.
Dr. Sheila Alves
Guest Editor
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