Advancing Trace-Element Speciation in the Environment, Food, and Biota

作者：Feldmann Joerg^*

来源：Spectroscopy, 2015, 30(7): 38-39.

The speciation of trace elements has become much more common in recent years, and in some cases is now required by certain regulatory bodies such as for the analysis of hexavalent chromium in drinking water. At the same time, speciation methods are becoming sophisticated as researchers try to address more complex questions about how different metal species are transported and interact with the environment and specifically with plants, animals, and humans, often forming complexes with other compounds that are more complicated to analyze. Professor Jorg Feldmann of the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, has been advancing speciation methods for more than 20 years, and is currently using these methods to address a range of questions, such as which cultivars of rice can best resist taking up arsenic into the rice grain, and how metalloproteins and metallolipids are transported in fish. Feldman won the 2015 European Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry for this work, and he recently talked to us about it.

• 出版日期2015-7