Miniaturized analytical methods for determination of environmental contaminants of emerging concern – A review

Ten Years of Lateral Flow Immunoassay Technique Applications: Trends, Challenges and Future Perspectives

“…In this context, contaminants detection in soil involves extraction procedures, while water samples usually need minimal pre-treatment. Nevertheless, improvement in the analytical performances (mainly the sensitivity) are a big challenge for the use of LFIAs because the permissible levels set by regulatory agencies can be very low for some substances [ 66 ].…”

Greening sample preparation: An overview of cutting-edge contributions

“…Thus, SPME minitips have been proposed to process sample volumes of as small as 1 mL, in accordance with the 2nd principle, being particularly beneficial for extraction of different compounds present in biofluids, tissues, and cells [33]. Readers are referred to a recent review on the topic for further details [34].…”

Environmental Analysis and the Dual Grand Challenge of COVID-19 and Sustainable Development

“…It is foreseen that post-pandemic research efforts will be intensified towards improving robustness and independence of analytical systems. Contactless sampling and analysis using e.g., aerial robots (Koparan et al, 2018;Grandy et al, 2020) low-cost sensors, or automated laboratory methods with all steps integrated, will undoubtedly appear more frequently (Pena-Pereira et al, 2021). The development of more sensitive and selective analytical technologies can be valuable to elucidate environmental and health issues of non-regulated compounds, monitoring their presence in different environmental compartments as well as study their fate once released in environmental bodies.…”

“…In spite of the progress achieved so far, the degree of compliance with current requirements is highly dependent on the type of pollutants considered. Thus, while a considerable number of such methodologies are reported, there is still plenty of room for the development of methods capable of accurately determining different groups of emerging environmental pollutants (Pena-Pereira et al, 2021). The rise of connectedness and low-cost sensor technologies used for chemical measurements, as well as the push to improve the transparency and accessibility of science, will require a lot of scientific development; yet the research community is willing to tackle this challenge.…”