Description
Book SynopsisThere is a trend in analytical chemistry towards development of eco-friendly methods of sample preparation without loss of efficiency. This book provides a general, critical, and updated vision of the different green sample preparation approaches that have been developed. These include miniaturisation of the extraction techniques that allow a reduction not only of the chemicals used during the process, but also of the sample amount; the use of greener solvents, such as certain ionic liquids (ILs) or deep eutectic solvents (DES), instead of conventional organic solvents; and the use of new selective sorbent materials that allow both extraction and clean-up in the same step. All of these strategies have been successfully applied to the determination of a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students will find this book a good reference source and, because of the multidisciplinary nature of this topic, it will be of use to a broad audience including chemists, materials scientists, environmental analysts, forensic scientists, pharmacists, biologists and chemical engineers, who are involved and interested in the future frontiers of analytical chemistry.
Table of ContentsIntroduction to Green Sample Preparation;Miniaturization and Automation in Green Sample Preparation;Metal– and Covalent–Organic Frameworks in Green Sample Preparation;Carbonaceous Materials in Green Sample Preparation;Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in Green Sample Preparation;Natural Sorbents in Green Sample Preparation;Ionic Liquids in Green Sample Preparation;Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) in Green Sample Preparation;Supramolecular Solvents (SUPRASs) in Green Sample Preparation;Switchable Hydrophilicity Solvents (SHS) in Green Sample Preparation;Green Sample Preparation Applications for Environmental Analysis;The Role of Green Sample Preparation in Food Chemistry Applications;Current Applications of Green Sample Preparation in Pharmaceutical Analysis
