TY - JOUR
T1 - Analytical advances and challenges in environmental and biological monitoring of liquid crystal monomers
T2 - a comprehensive review
AU - Tao, Danyang
AU - Li, Huixian
AU - Li, Xu
AU - Wang, Yulin
AU - Zhan, Yuting
AU - Jin, Qianqian
AU - Kannan, Kurunthachalam
AU - Leung, Kennth M.Y.
AU - Lam, Paul K.S.
AU - He, Yuhe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Authors
PY - 2026/2
Y1 - 2026/2
N2 - Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) have received considerable attention due to their widespread use, environmental occurrence, potential for persistence and bioaccumulation, and associated ecological and human health concerns. LCMs encompass diversity in applications, chemical composition and structures and physicochemical properties, which poses significant challenges for measuring them in complex environmental and biological matrices. Therefore, comprehensive methods for the determination of LCMs are crucial for environmental monitoring and risk assessment. This review presents recent advancements in the determination of LCMs across different matrices using various analytical methods, with a focus on sample collection, extraction, purification, instrumental analysis, and quality assurance and control. Furthermore, we examine emerging trends and challenges in LCMs determination and provides insights into future directions for LCMs analysis.
AB - Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) have received considerable attention due to their widespread use, environmental occurrence, potential for persistence and bioaccumulation, and associated ecological and human health concerns. LCMs encompass diversity in applications, chemical composition and structures and physicochemical properties, which poses significant challenges for measuring them in complex environmental and biological matrices. Therefore, comprehensive methods for the determination of LCMs are crucial for environmental monitoring and risk assessment. This review presents recent advancements in the determination of LCMs across different matrices using various analytical methods, with a focus on sample collection, extraction, purification, instrumental analysis, and quality assurance and control. Furthermore, we examine emerging trends and challenges in LCMs determination and provides insights into future directions for LCMs analysis.
KW - Environmental samples
KW - Instrumental analysis technique
KW - Liquid crystal monomers
KW - Sample preparation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105023331858
U2 - 10.1016/j.trac.2025.118569
DO - 10.1016/j.trac.2025.118569
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:105023331858
SN - 0165-9936
VL - 195
JO - TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
JF - TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
M1 - 118569
ER -
