Guest-edited by Dr Michel Meyer (CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon) and Prof. Demetrio Milea (Università degli Studi di Messina), Emerging Analytical Techniques for Chemical Speciation Studies focuses on a selection of valuable instrumental methods for investigating complex formation equilibria in solution, providing information on the speciation (stoichiometry and in some instances structure of the formed species) but also allowing the measurement of thermodynamic parameters (equilibrium constants, reaction enthalpy and entropy). The title is split into two volumes belonging to the Series on Chemistry, Energy and the Environment. Part 1 (Volume 15 of this series), discusses various electrochemical, electromigration, and thermophoresis-based methods. Authored by eminent practitioners in their field, each of the four chapters covers both the theoretical and the practical aspects with helpful experimental guidelines. The latest technical and computational advances are described in a way that unambiguously show the major contributions of the authors at the top of their field. Hence, this book is intended to be a valuable introduction to newcomers, while being at the same time a helpful companion to more experienced users of each instrumental techniques. It provides an up-to-date overview with useful tips and hints on the application of selected cutting-edge analytical methods that allow unravelling and modelling intricate complex formation equilibria. So far, there has been no such book focussing specifically on the measurement of thermodynamic parameters, while covering such a wide panel of techniques. This book will be of interest to a broad readership, including analytical, coordination, supramolecular, environmental, instrumental, and physical chemists, radiochemists, electrochemists, and biochemists among others.

Contents:

• A Unified Approach in the Voltammetric and Potentiometric Studies of Metal–Ligand Equilibria: Theory and Practical Guide (Ignacy Cukrowski, Caren Billing and Tumaini Mkwizu)


• AGNES, an Equilibrium Technique for the Robust Speciation of Metals and Metalloids (Josep Galceran, Encarna Companys, Calin A David, Carlos Rey-Castro and Jaume Puy)


• Metal–Ligand Speciation Using Electromigration Techniques (Jean Aupiais)


• Thermo-Optical Measurement Methods to Study Biomolecular Interactions — Microscale Thermophoresis and More (Annemarie Lüdecke, Andreas Langer, Werner Streicher, Stefan Duhr and Philipp Baaske)

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of chemical speciation, solution equilibrium chemistry, complex formation and inorganic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, environmental chemistry.

Key Features:

• The research book provides an up-to-date overview with useful tips and hints on the application of selected cutting-edge analytical methods that allow unravelling and modelling intricate complex formation equilibria. No such textbook focussing specifically on the measurement of thermodynamic parameters, while covering such a wide panel of techniques appeared for years


• Each of the seven chapter has been authored by eminent practitioners in their field


• A broad readership is targeted, including analytical, coordination, supramolecular, environmental, instrumental, and physical chemists, radiochemists, electrochemists, and biochemists among others