A simple, fast, inexpensive, and sensitive technique for the detection and identification of flammable or combustible liquid residues on the skin of arson suspects is presented. The use of solid phase microextraction (SPME) for the analysis of ignitable liquid residues has been demonstrated and it is shown in this work that this technique is effective in extracting these liquid residues at extr...

Electromembrane extraction (EME) was published for the first time in 2006, and is a liquid-phase microextraction technique intended for analytical sample preparation. In EME, charged analytes are extracted in an electrical field, from the aqueous sample solution, through a supported liquid membrane and into an aqueous acceptor phase. EME is still in an early stage of development, although nearl...

We introduce digital microfluidic interface between solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and liquid chromatography. In the new system, a SPME fiber is used to extract analytes from a complex sample, and is then inserted into a DMF device. Solvent droplets are then used to extract analytes from the fiber with continuous actuation, followed by analysis with liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spect...

Sulfonamides (SAs) represent a significant category of pharmaceutical compounds due to their effective antimicrobial characteristics. SAs were the first antibiotics to be used in clinical medicine to treat a majority of diseases, since the 1900s. In the dairy farming industry, sulfa drugs are administered to prevent infection, in several countries. This increases the possibility that residual d...

The chemical profile of the Cannabis sativa L. female inflorescences is rather complex being characterized by a large number molecules belonging to different classes. Considering numerous applications in various fields, including medical and pharmaceutical sectors, that have seen use genus recent years, precise characterization matrices essential. In this regard, application adequate suitable s...

Background: Fritillaria imperialis is an endangered species with pharmaceutical alkaloids that can be effective in reducing blood pressure and reducing cardiac palpitations.   Objective: Comparison of head space solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and hydro-distillation (HD) techniques in determination of essential oils in Fritillaria imperialis Methods: Quality and quantity determination o...

6 In this study, a total of 370 rice samples collected from six provinces in China were 7 surveyed for the presence of aflatoxins (AFs) and ochratoxin A (OTA) using 8 dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction coupled to liquid chromatography with 9 fluorescence detection. The results obtained in this survey showed that 63.5% 10 (235/370) and 4.9% (18/370) of rice samples contained detectable amo...

Micro-seismicity induced by fluid migration can be used to monitor the migration of fluids during reservoir production and hydro-fracturing operations. The seismicity is usually monitored with sparse networks of seismic sensors. The sparsity of the sensor networks degrades the accuracy of the estimated event locations. This inaccuracy often makes it impossible to infer the fluid pathways at the...

Six ionic liquids (ILs) were applied for the first time as solvents in the extraction and preconcentration of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) using an in situ dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) approach. The effect of different IL substituents and functional group on the extraction efficiency of DNA was investigated. The highest extraction efficiencies of DNA were obtained using 1-(1,...