Separation Techniques in Environmental Analysis
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atomic spectrometry; sample preparation; fluorescence; analytical methods; electroanalytical methods; green analytical chemistry; separation and extraction processes; waste valorization; sensor; method validation; sustainability in analytical chemistry
Interests: chromatography; sample preparation; analytical methods; green analytical chemistry; sample preparation techniques, emerging contaminants; microextraction; method validation; sustainability in analytical chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Separations, “Separation Techniques in Environmental Analysis”, brings together methodological advances aimed at identifying, fractionating, and quantifying pollutants at trace and ultra-trace levels in complex environmental matrices (surface and drinking waters, effluents, soils, sediments, air, and biota).
The scope encompasses separation techniques coupled with modern, high-resolution detectors (LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, HRMS, and ICP-MS), as well as contemporary sample preparation strategies (SPE, µSPE, SPME/Arrow, QuEChERS, DLLME, SBSE, passive sampling, and green microextractions). These approaches have been crucial for monitoring emerging contaminants (PFAS, micro/nanoplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, PAHs, metals, and nanomaterials).
In addition to sensitivity and selectivity, we emphasize the principles of Green Analytical Chemistry (miniaturization, solvent reduction, and automation), metrological validation and quality assurance (accuracy, uncertainty, detection/quantification limits, matrix effects, reference materials, and interlaboratory studies), and chemometrics and machine learning for signal deconvolution, source apportionment, and long-term monitoring.
Contributions integrating separation, sample preparation, and detection with regulatory applications, environmental forensics, risk assessment, treatment efficiency control, and long-term surveillance are especially welcome. We invite the submission of research articles and critical reviews presenting innovative methodologies with a meaningful impact on environmental management and decision-making.
Dr. Eliézer Quadro Oreste
Dr. Sergiane Souza Caldas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- separation techniques
- chromatography
- electrophoresis
- sample preparation
- fractionation
- green microextractions
- emerging contaminants
- green analytical chemistry
- environmental monitoring
- analytical validation
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