Inline Separation/Concentration in Flow Analysis

Call for Papers

Improvement in detectability and quantification of chemical species in complex samples is a continuous challenge in analytical chemistry. Analyte concentration and separation from the sample matrix are often required even for modern instrumental analytical techniques. Development of alternative procedures to circumvent the deleterious characteristics of some batchwise analytical procedures, such as cumbersome laboratorial protocols, long analysis time, unselective analyte extraction, generation of large waste amounts, risks to the analyst, and need for highly skilled technicians to attain reliable results is then needed. Flow-based analytical procedures have played an important role in the context, as the sample is handled in a closed environment under highly reproducible conditions, and the minimal reagent/solvent consumption reduces waste generation. By considering the potential of the different flow modalities, a special issue of JAMC will be devoted to separation/concentration in flow analysis, and we invite authors to submit original research and review articles focused on this subject. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Novel strategies for analyte separation/concentration in flow-based systems, including sample treatment and cleanup in hyphenated techniques
• Miniaturization of flow systems for inline separation/concentration, including micro-TAS and the lab-on-valve approaches
• Novel materials for inline solid-phase extractions, such as modified adsorbents (including biosorbents), nanomaterials, molecularly imprinted polymers, and monolithic columns
• Direct measurements on the solid phase
• Green alternatives for liquid-liquid extraction, such as microextractions, cloud point, aqueous biphasic, dispersive, and membrane supported liquid-liquid extraction
• Improvements in dialysis, gas diffusion, pervaporation, distillation, pyrolysis, and flotation
• Strategies for infield monitoring involving analyte separation/concentration during the sampling step
• Electrolytic dissolution, electrolytic precipitation, and related techniques
• Chemometrics in relation to separation/concentration for improving reliability of the analytical results
• Flow analysis as a teaching tool related to the abovementioned aspects

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

Lead Guest Editor

• Elias A. G. Zagatto, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

Guest Editors

• Marek Trojanowicz, Laboratory for Flow Analysis and Chromatography, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
• Fábio Rodrigo Piovezan Rocha, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
• Paul S. Francis, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University, Geelong Campus, Warrnambool, VIC 3280, Australia