Green Analytical Chemistry: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Jacek Namieśnik

Dear Colleagues,

Jacek Namieśnik was one of the most active Polish chemists and a full professor of Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT). In 1990–1996, he was elected as a Deputy Dean for Education of the Faculty of Chemistry of GUT and in 1996–2002 and again in 2005–2012 as a Dean of this Faculty. From 1995, he was the head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry, and has been awarded by the Center of Excellence. He is also a member of the senate of GUT (since 1990) and head of Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Chemistry of GUT as well. He held the position of Rector of Gdańsk University of Technology from 1 September 2016 until his death. During his remarkable career, he held the position of Chairman of the Commission of Analytical Chemistry at the National Academy of Sciences, and he was a member of the Central Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles in Poland.  He was also a Vice-Chairman of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Technical Universities (KRPUT) and a member of the European Academy of Sciences (class IV: natural sciences). He is a specialist in the field of broadly understood analytical chemistry, mainly with the concern of new apparatus and methodical solutions including sensor technologies, electronic noses, chromatographical and other instrumental techniques and new sampling procedures with a particular emphasis on green analytical chemistry aspects.

Professor Jacek Namieśnik has extensive experience in managing and implementing research and development projects, as evidenced by a large number of implemented projects (six European grants and other national ones: 23 research grants, 2 research development and 4 special-purpose ones, including 2 apparatus ones). Three of them were dedicated to the topic of electronic nose technologyies.  He is the author and co-author of over 1000 articles listed on the Philadelphia List (ISI Master Journal List), numerous other publications, book chapters and 13 patents. The value of their impact factor (IF) exceeds 2500 points, and his works have been independently cited more than 17,000 times (without self-citations), which allowed him to reach an h-index of h=69. In 2020, Professor Jacek Namieśnik is on the prestigious list of the most-cited scientists in the world. In the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020 ranking, there are only three more names of scientists from Polish universities.

This Special Issue is dedicated to honoring and commemorating the remarkable career of professor Jacek Namieśnik. The scientific achievements of this great personality are related to well-known 'green solutions' applied in broadly understood analytical chemistry. It includes many instrumental and methodological conceptions, and this is in line with the thematic interest of this Special Issue. It is a place in which many various topics belonging to different scientific disciplines could be combined, but at the same time they represent a convergent purpose in terms of practical use. Therefore, all topics concerned with sensor technologies applied in analytical applications, such as the latest technical solutions for the construction and application of chemical sensors; new conceptual devices equipped with sensor systems; new products in the world of electronic noses and electronic tongues; innovative processing of sensor signals and data treatment techniques with their implementation; new solutions of sensor data treatment; as well as other instrumental analytical solutions complementary to sensor ones in the meaning of their practical purpose, including olfactometry, gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and spectrophotometry or electromigration techniques; are expected. Submitted works should examine research based on chemical sensors and their utilization as an independent practical application or as combined research in which the synthesis of scientific approaches takes place with the above-mentioned analytical techniques. The subject of interest also includes olfactometry, gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and spectrophotometry or electromigration techniques utilized as independent research with respect to sensor-based studies, but providing prospects to combine sensor technologies to certain practical applications in the near future. The most recommended version of potential articles would be the complimentary use of sensor technologies with the above-mentioned analytical techniques, which in the majority of cases are rightly recognized as reference techniques to chemical sensor ones. The last type of study is rare, and it is very welcome in this Special Issue.     

The following topics fall within the scope of the thematic issue:

• Broadly understood new chemical sensor technical solutions;
• Novel construction solutions applied in single chemical sensor and sensor array technologies;
• New approaches in the use of advanced signal treatment and data processing methods dedicated to a broad spectrum of analytical techniques, including 'classical ones' and chemical sensor ones;
• Miniaturization of single chemical sensors or sensor arrays, as well as miniaturization of sensor devices, including electronic noses electronic tongues and other instrumental designs based on instrumental analytical techniques;
• Development of novel analytical methodologies independently or combined with a broad range of investigations of real samples in terms of qualitative and quantitative analysis achieved by the utilization of chemical sensors, sensor arrays, implementation of electronic noses, electronic tongues or instrumental analytical techniques, such as olfactometry, gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectrophotometry, capillary electrophoresis and isotachophoresis,
• New approaches in real sample classifications using the above-mentioned instrumental classical techniques and based on chemical sensors;
• All types of analytical approaches combining chemical sensors with classical instrumental analytical techniques.

With all respect and hope, I invite you to undertake the initiative to participate in this Special Issue.

Dr. Tomasz Marcin Dymerski
Guest Editor

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• chemical sensors
• sensor arrays
• electronic noses
• electronic tongues
• gas chromatography
• liquid chromatography
• olfactometry
• mass spectrometry
• capillary electrophoresis
• isotachophoresis
• sensor miniaturization
• device miniaturization
• new analytical methodologies
• volatiles
• non volatiles
• qualitative and quantitative analysis
• classifications
• signal treatment
• data processing methods
• chemometrics