Emanuela Gionfriddo | Authors

An undeniable effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is that we have learned how to adapt (quickly) to sudden changes.

Understanding the fundamentals of extraction methodologies is critical, and can enable chromatographers to find smart solutions to tackle the complex composition of different types of samples.

Understanding the fundamentals of extraction methodologies is critical.

Microextraction is an affordable solution for preventing “garbage in–garbage out” effects in one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) GC separations, by providing analyte preconcentration, interference removal, tuning of extraction coverage, and easy coupling to GC systems.

Separation science is an intriguing and challenging (yes, let’s admit it) interdisciplinary field. Many of our daily rituals depend on effective chemical separations.

It is important to develop analytical methods to detect crude MCHM components in environmental water samples. This article describes two microextractive methods based on solid-phase microextraction (SPME) in fibre format and thin film microextraction (TFME) that were developed and validated for 4-MCHM and other constituents of crude MCHM.