Detecting Chemicals in Water Environment with Mass Spectrometry
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 3868
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mass spectrometry; organic chemistry; LC/SFC/GC--MS/MS/QTOF
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental monitoring is necessary to understand the effects that human activities (i.e., industry, agriculture, aquaculture) have on research fields such as water and soil quality. Endogenous and exogenous organic chemicals in the form of emerging pollutants, dissolved organic matter and biochemical compounds are key factors for monitoring and evaluating the quality of the environment. Due to its sensitivity and selectivity, mass spectrometry (MS) has excelled in the detection of organic chemicals. In addition, advances in sample preparation and the combination of chromatographic techniques have significantly improved MS capabilities over the past decades. However, a series of analytical challenges (i.e., detection levels and complicated matrices) still hinders the scientific community’s ability to fully understand the transportation and fate of organic chemicals in the environment.
The aim of this Special Issue of Water is to bring together relevant research on the detection of organic chemicals in different water environments (natural waters, tap water, wastewater …) and their biological matrices (blood, tissue…). Contributions should focus on analyses of organic chemicals by mass spectrometry coupled with chromatographic techniques and their sample treatment strategies. Authors are encouraged to present both baseline studies and new analytical developments.
Dr. Susana V. Gonzalez
Dr. Junjie Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- monitoring
- chromatography (SFC, LC, GC)
- sludge
- sediments
- aquatic media
- marine animals
- dissolve organic matter (DOM)
- organic chemicals
- emerging contaminants
- mass spectrometry
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