Advances in Supported Liquid Membranes

Dear Colleagues,

The supported liquid membrane (SLM) process is being applied for the selective enrichment, separation, and removal of many significant compounds and ions from various sources. This membrane-based microextraction technique is one of the most effective and inexpensive sample pretreatment methods. Given the simplicity, versatility, and availability of different formats (hollow fiber, flat sheet, etc.), SLM addresses several challenges associated with the traditional sample preparation methods. The appropriate speed, simplicity, consumed organic solvent reduction, proper analytes enrichment, sample purifying, and removing often extra sample preparation steps, make this method completely appropriate and useful in a variety of analytical areas (in clinical, environmental, pharmaceutical, and food sciences). Its combination with other extraction techniques (like solid-phase extraction, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), deep eutectic solvents, etc.), into one working system, makes it possible to increase the desired effect of highly-selective extraction and a sufficient sample clean-up. Furthermore, by coupling this technique with flow-based analysis (i.e., HPLC, CE), sample preparation and analyte detection can be automated and miniaturized.

Therefore, this Special Issue will cover the latest research trends in supported liquid membrane-based processes, and their modification and applications in many research fields. For this reason, we kindly invite you to submit original research papers, communications, and review articles discussing theoretical and/or experimental studies on the SLM membrane preparation, properties, and analytical applications.

Prof. Dr. Piotr P. Wieczorek
Prof. Dr. Anna Poliwoda
Guest Editors

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