The development of faster, simpler, inexpensive and more environmentally-friendly sample-
preparation techniques is an important issue in chemical analysis. Recent research trends …

Soil constitutes the central environmental compartment that, primarily due to anthropogenic
activities, is the recipient of several contaminants. Among these are organochlorine …

Since 1999, substantial research has been devoted to the development of liquid-phase
microextraction (LPME) based on porous hollow fibers. With this technology, target analytes …

In hollow fiber membrane liquid-phase microextraction (LPME), target analytes are extracted
from aqueous samples and into a supported liquid membrane (SLM) sustained in the pores …

Hollow fiber liquid-phase microextraction (HF-LPME) offers an efficient alternative to
classical techniques for sample preparation and preconcentration. Features include high …

During the last decade, solid-phase microextraction (SPME) has gained widespread
acceptance for analyte matrix separation and preconcentration. Relatively few data are …

Modern trends in analytical chemistry are towards the simplification and miniaturization of
sample preparation, as well as the minimization of organic solvent used. In view of this …

The methods of simultaneous extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and
organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) from soils using Soxhlet extraction, microwave-assisted …

Solanesol is the starting material for many high-value biochemicals, including co-enzyme
Q10 and Vitamin K analogues. In the present study, a microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) …

Today, a wide variety of techniques is available for the preparation of (semi-) solid, liquid
and gaseous samples, prior to their instrumental analysis by means of capillary gas …