Solid Phase Micro Extraction

Call for Papers

Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) is a well-known sampling technique mostly employed in association with gas chromatography. The reduced sample treatment and the relatively easy sample preparation required are the most distinctive advantages of SPME over other sampling techniques resulting in an increase in the productivity of the laboratories. It should be also mentioned that with a single operation, SPME is able to perform the extraction, concentration, and the introduction of the analyte into the chromatographic system, often without the need to use solvents for extraction. Finally, fast desorption of the analyte and the lack of solvent extracts help to enhance the limit of detection. The SPME technique is now widespread into several analytical ambits from drug analysis in several matrices, to antidoping, environmental monitoring, and food and crops analysis of volatile and semivolatile compounds.

We invite authors to submit original research and review articles that seek to define the main implication and advantages of the SPME sampling technique in the ambit of environmental monitoring, occupational safety, and, generically, monitoring of the environmental health. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Development and testing of novel and effective SPME-based analytical methods for environmental monitoring and occupational safety
• Comparative studies of SPME sampling with other sampling techniques (purge and trap, headspace)
• Development and testing of new coatings, matrices, and/or sampling approaches
• Novel approaches to SPME sampling and development of SPME-based traps
• Retrospective and perspective studies on SPME performances
• Multiresidual, high throughput application of SPME sampling technique

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/submit/journals/jamc/spme/ according to the following timetable:

Lead Guest Editor

• David Bongiorno, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari e Biomolecolari (STEMBIO), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, 90123 Palermo, Italy

Guest Editors

• Giuseppe Pieraccini, Mass Spectrometry Centre (CISM), University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini, 650139 Firenze, Italy
• Mohamed Abdel-Rehim, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden