Microextraction Techniques

Microextraction techniques have been known since the mid-1990’s and have continued to gain popularity. The primary aims of any sample preparation technique are to provide clean samples and enrich analytes to reduce limits of detection (LOD). The sample preparation technique should ideally be cheap, easy, fast, and compatible with a range of analytical instrumentation. The miniaturization of liquid phase extraction techniques fulfills many of these criteria and, hence, their development and application has been prolific since their inception. 

Topics include:

• History of single drop microextraction (SDME)
• Theory of SDME
• Modes of SDME
• Parameters affecting SDME
• Applications of SDME
• Solid phase microextraction (SPME)
• Important SPME parameters