{"title":"Integrating sustainability in atmospheric chemistry analysis","authors":"Regina M.B.O. Duarte, Armando C. Duarte","doi":"10.1016/j.cogsc.2025.101048","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The concepts that help us to better understand the atmospheric chemistry, including the composition and dynamics of air particles and gaseous species, and their impact on climate and human health, rely on the development of sensitive and selective analytical methods that allow one to measure an ever-increasing range of analytes, whose physicochemical features vary both in time and space. Motivated by the ongoing awareness of the need to adopt eco-friendly practices, this perspective highlights analytical practices with the potential to meet green and sustainable requirements and that have offered an almost unexplored playground for deciphering and mapping the intricacies of atmospheric chemistry. The most promising green metrics currently available to estimate the environmental impact and efficiency of analytical methods are also highlighted. Rather than presenting new quantitative data, this perspective offers a critical and conceptual discussion aimed at advancing the adoption of sustainable analytical solutions in the highly challenging field of atmospheric chemistry analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54228,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101048"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452223625000525","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The concepts that help us to better understand the atmospheric chemistry, including the composition and dynamics of air particles and gaseous species, and their impact on climate and human health, rely on the development of sensitive and selective analytical methods that allow one to measure an ever-increasing range of analytes, whose physicochemical features vary both in time and space. Motivated by the ongoing awareness of the need to adopt eco-friendly practices, this perspective highlights analytical practices with the potential to meet green and sustainable requirements and that have offered an almost unexplored playground for deciphering and mapping the intricacies of atmospheric chemistry. The most promising green metrics currently available to estimate the environmental impact and efficiency of analytical methods are also highlighted. Rather than presenting new quantitative data, this perspective offers a critical and conceptual discussion aimed at advancing the adoption of sustainable analytical solutions in the highly challenging field of atmospheric chemistry analysis.
期刊介绍:
The Current Opinion journals address the challenge specialists face in keeping up with the expanding information in their fields. In Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, experts present views on recent advances in a clear and readable form. The journal also provides evaluations of the most noteworthy papers, annotated by experts, from the extensive pool of original publications in Green and Sustainable Chemistry.