Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in Environmental Chemistry

Call for Papers

Environmental chemistry has evolved into a discipline which is far more than a series of environmental applications. The diversity of environmental systems demands a corresponding variety in the group of scientists who call themselves environmental chemists. This unique issue reflects this diversity and provides an in-depth introduction to a wide variety of topics within environmental chemistry such as FTIR applications. FTIR spectroscopy has been an important analytical and qualitative tool in chemistry, material science, and organic geochemistry for quite some time and now is becoming recognised as a valuable tool in environmental science and technology.

The main focus of this special issue will be on the new and existing FTIR applications, and recent studies are applicable to such diverse subjects as acid rain, air and water pollution, and climate change resulting from emission of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Other areas of research include stratospheric ozone depletion, tropospheric photochemical oxidant formation, and the increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases. This special topic also will demonstrate the usefulness of FTIR spectroscopy for a wide variety of applications in environmental science and technology. It will contain a wealth of information relating to instrumentation, sample preparation, and data interpretation.

The special issue will become an international forum for researchers to summarize the most recent developments and ideas in the field, with a special emphasis given to the applications and observational results obtained within the last five years. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• FTIR applications in air pollution
• FTIR applications in water pollution
• FTIR applications in soil application
• Methods of pollutants measurements
• Characterization of air, water, and soil pollutants
• Other technical tools integrated with FTIR
• Atmospheric chemistry and global change
• Measurements, analysis of pollutants, and analytical instrumentation development

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/chem/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/chem/environmental.chemistry/ftir/ according to the following timetable:

Lead Guest Editor

• Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar

Guest Editors

• Gavin M. Walker, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, UK
• Majeda Khraisheh, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
• Ayoup Ghrair, Knowledge Sector, Royal Scientific Society, P.O. Box 1438, Amman, Jordan