2. Iranian Research and Development Center for Chemical Industries (ACECR), Tehran, Iran 1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box: 14155–175, Tehran, Iran 3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:
Microextraction of organic or inorganic analytes using solidified floating drops of organic solvents is a fairly new method that is simple and rapid, and requires only small quantities of solvents and reagents. This review (with 109 references) covers published work up to Sep. 2012, and describes how the method was combined with analytical techniques such as GC, HPLC, ICP-OES and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. We discuss basic principles and the main parameters that affect the extraction efficiency, and give specific applications of the technique.
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Schematic diagram of liquid-phase microextraction based on solidified floating drops of organic solvents