Nanoparticles (NPs) are widely employed in different research areas, ranging from
analytical chemistry and environmental science to medicine, the agriculture and …

Solid phase microextraction find increasing applications in the sample preparation step
before chromatographic determination of analytes in samples with a complex composition …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the thermodynamics and the kinetics of the
extraction process. An understanding of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) theory provides …

Food constitutes the primary route for human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), one of the
highest volume chemicals produced worldwide. The estrogenic properties of BPA, its wide …

This review will attempt to provide an overview as well as a theoretical and practical
understanding of the use of microextraction technologies for drug analysis. The majority of …

Solid phase microextraction (SPME) is an innovative, solvent free technology that is fast,
economical and versatile. SPME is a fiber coated with a liquid (polymer), a solid (sorbent) or …

The sample preparation step in an analytical process typically consists of an extraction
procedure that results in the isolation and enrichment of components of interest from a …

Chromatography has emerged as the most important and versatile analytical method. The
book is not only an updated version of Heftmann's classical text, but it covers areas of future …

A preconcentration technique which employs a microliter-size liquid membrane has been
developed in order to obtain a large enrichment factor (EF) in a short time. The 30-μL n …

Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is a new solventless sample preparation technique that
is finding wide usage. This review provides updated information on headspace SPME with …