They exhibited that the optimization of the retention parameters, e.g., particle sizes, bed length, and sorbent, provides more reliable and less tedious procedures. Recently, automation approaches using flow-processing and on-line analyzers directly 2010 © The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry † To whom correspondence should be addressed. Chemistry and Biotechnology, Chiba University, Inage, Japan In this review, the preparation of a novel porous sheet designed for solid-phase extraction (SPE) and a comparison of the preconcentration performance of metal ions with conventional sorbents are described. A porous sheet (MAPS) with an average pore diameter, porosity, and a thickness of 1.0 μm, 75%, and 2 mm, respectively, was modified into an sorbent used for solid-phase extraction, by radiation-induced graft polymerization. Ion-exchange and chelating groups were immobilized onto polymer chains grafted to the MAPS. Also, extractants were impregnated via a hydrophobic interaction with long alkyl chains introduced into the grafted polymer chains of the MAPS. The applicability of the resultant modified MAPSs was demonstrated by adopting them to analyses of real samples.