Abstract: Analytical chemistry and society Analytical chemistry is strongly involved in sustainable development and several aspects of the actual research are described in this paper. For trace and ultra-trace analysis in complex samples, new sorbents have been synthesized for a high selective extraction and concentration of analytes involving interaction based on the use of antibodies, aptamers or imprinted polymers. The toxicity of a given sample depends on its concentration and on its speciation. Therefore it is important to characterize the complex between metals and proteins, which can be achieved by new devices coupling zone electrophoresis separation and ICP/MS detection. In order to achieve rapid separations from small size samples, new trends are given in electrokinetic separations coupled to in-capillary separation and MS are described, as well as in the area of microsystems on chips. The last part describes the trends in bioelectrochemical biosensors with the development of macroporous materials with a controlled architecture
Template and target information: Review - Analytical chemistry and society
Author keywords: trace analysis, Speciation, capillary electrophoresis, microTAS, Biosensors