SPME (Solid Phase Micro Extraction) is a procedure of sampling. Later the samples can be analyzed via GC or HPLC. The sampling by SPME, which no solvent, was developed and patented by the chemist Janusz Pawlizyn. Marketing is carried out by the only licensee SUPELCO, which was part of the Sigma-Aldrich group and is now part of Merck.
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