US EPA

7457763 

Book/Book Chapter 

Chapter 14: Future of environmental analysis 

Hussain, CM; Keçili, R 

2020 

Elsevier 

Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Modern environmental analysis techniques for pollutants 

381-398 

English 

10.1016/B978-0-12-816934-6.00014-X 

WOS:000488756000015 

Environmental analysis requires fast, sensitive, and reliable analytical techniques which can be carried out with minimum environmental sample handling. Conventional instrument-based approaches such as high-pressure liquid chromatograph, gas chromatography- mass spectrometry, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry are extensively used for the detection and quantitative determination of pollutants in environmental samples such as wastewater and soil. However, these approaches are not low-cost and not time-effective because of the complicated sample preparation stages. Nanoparticles-based sensor platforms and lab-on-a-chip platforms can be successfully employed for the sensitive detection of various pollutants such as heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in environmental samples. These innovative approaches exhibit unique features such as great sensitivity, specificity, rapidity, and cost-effectiveness. This chapter highlights the recent trends and future directions of analytical techniques for environmental analysis. 

environmental analysis; pollutants; air pollution; soil pollution; water pollution; nanoparticles; lab-on-a-chip (LOC) 

9780128169346