Novel Sample Preparation Approaches for the Determination of Drugs Using Separation Techniques
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Analysis of Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 2101
Special Issue Editors
Interests: analytical chemistry; sample preparation; HPLC; extraction techniques; microextraction; green analytical chemistry; method validation; method development; GC; GC-MS; volatiles; SPME; metals; nutrients; toxic metals; rare earths; automation; ICP-AES; ICP-MS
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Interests: pharmaceutical analytical chemistry; method development and validation; sample preparation (derivatization, microextraction, etc.); liquid and gas chromatography; capillary electrophoresis; mass spectrometry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The determination of drugs and their residues in biological, food and environmental samples comprise a challenging analytical task due to the low concentration of the target analytes and the simultaneous presence of potentially interfering compounds. In recent years, a plethora of novel microextraction and miniaturized extraction techniques, which comply with the principles of Green Analytical Chemistry and Green Sample Preparation have been developed. Typical examples of these techniques include sorbent-based approaches such as solid-phase microextraction (SPME), stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE), pipette-tip solid-phase extraction (PT-SPE), dispersive solid-phase extraction (d-SPE), magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE), fabric phase sorptive extraction (FPSE) and capsule phase microextraction (CPME), as well as liquid based-approaches such as dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME), thin-film liquid-phase microextraction (TF-LPME) and homogeneous liquid-liquid microextraction (HLLME). These techniques serve as powerful analytical tools for the monitoring of drug molecules.
At the same time, various novel smart materials including molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), graphene oxide (GO), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutuctic solvents (DESs) have been proposed for the selective and efficient extraction of drug molecules.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews reporting the developments and applications of novel sample preparation techniques for the determination of drugs in various matrices (biological, pharmaceutical, food, environmental, etc.).
Please note that in the cases of review articles an additional brief (1-2 pages) description of the topic including a draft index is required. This preliminary step is essential to avoid overlapping topics.
Dr. Natalia Manousi
Dr. Constantinos K. Zacharis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pharmaceutical analysis
- drug analysis
- bioanalytical methods
- drug residues
- food analysis
- environmental analysis
- sample preparation
- novel materials
- microextraction
- green analytical chemistry
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