Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) has been introduced as a modern alternative to current sample preparation technology, and has a wide range of applications. Focusing on quantitative aspects of analysis, Applications of Solid Phase Microextraction aims to describe these applications.

Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Glossary; Calibration and quantitation by SPME; Quantitative aspects of SPME; Quantitation by SPME before reaching a partition equilibrium; Coatings and interfaces; SPME coupled to capillary electrophoresis; Selectivity in SPME; Properties of commericial SPME coatings; Sol-gel technology for thermally stable coatings in SPME; Solid versusliquids coatings; Physiochemical applications; Application of SPME to study sorption phenomena on dissolved humic organic matter; The use of SPME to measure free concentrations and phospholipid/water and protein/water partition coefficients; Estimation of hydrophobicity of organic compounds; Environmental applications; Air sampling with SPME; The application of sPME in water analysis; The application of SPME to pestivide residue analysis; Inter-laboratory validation of SPME for the quantitative analysis of aqueous samples; SPME for the determination of organochlorine pestivides in natural waters; Determination of sulfur-containing compounds in wastewater; Analysis of creosote and oil in aqueous contaminations by SPME; Direct analysis of solids using sPME; Analysis of solid samples by hot water extraction -SPME; Field analysis by SPME; Organometallic speciation by combining aqueous phase derivatization with SPME-GC-FPD-MS; Metal speciation by SPME-CGC-ICPMS; The application of SPME-LC-MS to the determination of contaminants in complex environmental matrices; SPME-HPLC of environmental pollutants; Analysis of industrial pollutants in environmental samples; Food, flavour, fragrance and pheromone applications; Analysis of food and plant volatiles; Application of SPME to measure volatile metabolites produced by staphylococcus carnosus and staphylococcus xylosus; Application of SPME methods for the determination of volatile wine aroma compounds in view of the varietal characterization; Analysis of vodkas and white rums by SPMS-GC-MS; Analysis of food volatiles using SPME; Analysis of volatile contaminants in foods; Determination of pesticides in foods by automated SPMS-GC-MS; SPME in the study of chemical communication in social wasps; Pharmaceutical, clinical and forensic applications; Propyl chloroformate derivatisation and SPME-GC for screening Of amines in urine; Isolation of drugs and poisons in biological fluids by SPME; On-fiber derivatization for analysis of steroids by SPME and GC-MS; SPME-Quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry for the determination of drugs of abuse in biological matrices; Analysis of drugs in biological fluids using SPME; SPME-Microcolumm LC: Application to toxicological drug analysis; Optimization of drug analysis by SPME; Applications of SPME for the biomonitoring of human exposure to toxic substances; Applications of SPME in criminal investigations; Reaction monitoring; SPME-GC-MS detection analysis of maillard reaction products; SPME investigation of intermediates produced during biodegradation of contaminated materials; Related techniques; Infrared spectroscopic detection for SPME; SPME in Near-IR Fiber-optic Evanescent Field Absorption Spectroscopy: A Method for Rapid, Remote In situ Monitoring of Nonpolar Organic Compounds in Water; Author Index