“…Part 1 of volume 2 consists of seven chapters, five of which are devoted to an analytical procedure (SPE, SPME chromatography, CE, immunoassay, and LDI-MS) and three to broader topics (miniaturization in sample handling and preparation, immunoassays, and trace element determination/speciation). This latter chapter consists of several sections (19 pages) devoted to various sorts of nanomaterials, a section on ion-imprinted polymers and several subsections devoted to speciation of the following elements: As and Sb, Cr, Hg, Se, Sn, Tl and V. 7 Speciation of a subset of these elements (As, Cr, Hg) by “sensing probes” takes up a further 8 pages. Part 2 of the second volume consists of chapters devoted to the analysis of particular sample types (water, food, clinical, pharmaceutical and forensic), but it is not clear whether any elemental speciation topics are included in these sections.…”