Special Issue "UHPLC-MS/MS Methods for the Identification of Emerging Contaminant Transformation Products in Surface Water"
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2022) | Viewed by 4076
Special Issue Editor

Interests: HPLC/MS; UHPLC/MS; mass spectrometry; unknown degradation products of pesticides; environmental pollutants; non-target analysis; method development and validation; food analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Large quantities of contaminants of emerging concerns (CECs) are released into water bodies every day. These micropollutants include not only natural and synthetic chemicals (pesticides, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, drugs of abuse, surfactants, food additives, and industrial chemicals) but also their transformation products that naturally form in the environment. In particular, sunlight photodegradation, hydrolysis reactions, or microbial degradation can occur together or individually to contribute to the formation of unknown CEC transformation products. Such chemicals are not included in routine monitoring programs and they are not regulated yet, although they have high potential to cause damage to the environment and suspected harmful effects on ecosystems and human health. For most of them, little information is available on their persistence and toxicity in the environment, indeed, in some cases, transformation products are also potentially more toxic than their precursors. Liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry due to its sensitivity and selectivity is the choice technique for the identification and the determination of CECs at ultra-trace level in surface water.
This Special Issue will be comprised of research articles, short communications, and reviews related to the identification of CEC transformation products in surface water by UHPLC-MS/MS methods, giving a broad overview for their monitoring and future regulation.
Dr. Fabio Gosetti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Transformation products
- Emerging contaminants
- Sunlight photodegradation
- Environmental fate
- Unknown degradation products
- Surface water
- Mass spectrometry
- UHPLC-MS/MS