Separation Technology Applications in Sample Preparation for Environmental Analysis
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil organic pollution and agricultural product quality and safety; spatial distribution of pollutants and in situ characterization; environmental behavior of emerging contaminants
Interests: soil organic pollution remediation; bioremediation; environmental behavior of emerging contaminants
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Dear Colleagues,
Pollutant analysis in environmental media is an important branch of environmental analytical chemistry. At present, a series of instrumental analysis methods such as high performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, chemiluminescence, electrochemical methods, and atomic absorption and emission spectrometry have been developed to determine organic or inorganic pollutant residues in environmental substrates. However, the concentration of toxic pollutants in the matrix of complex environments is usually low and their composition is complex, so it is necessary to apply appropriate pretreatment technologies to separate, enrich, and purify the samples for analysis and detection. The quality of sample pretreatment technology determines the reliability of the analysis method, which is of vital significance for qualitative and quantitative detection. Traditional sample pretreatment techniques are complicated and consume many toxic and harmful organic solvents, which can easily cause secondary environmental pollution, without meeting the requirements for environmental analysis. Therefore, it is necessary to develop simple, fast, efficient, and green sample pretreatment technologies to promote the development of analytical technology. In this context, pollutant identification and analysis in environmental samples are of interest to this Special Issue, especially articles focusing on emerging pollutant extraction (e.g., PFAS, nanomaterials, micro/nano plastics, etc.).
It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute research articles, communications, or reviews to this Special Issue dedicated to “Separation Technology Applications in Sample Preparation for Environmental Analysis”.
Dr. Leilei Xiang
Dr. Hongjie Sheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental samples
- quantitative analysis
- extraction
- separation technology
- analytical methods
- chromatography
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