REVIEW PAPER
Fluorescence Excitation-Emission Matrix
Spectroscopy and Parallel Factor Analysis
in Drinking Water Treatment: A Review
Diana Markechová, Michaela Tomková, Jana Sádecká
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Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology,
Radlinského 9, SK-812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2013;22(5):1289-1295
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ABSTRACT
Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy coupled with parallel factor analysis
(PARAFAC) is an established tool of organic matter fingerprinting in aqueous systems. Recently, EEM-
PARAFAC has been successfully applied in drinking water treatment for simple, rapid, and sensitive evalua-
tion of organic matter removal during different treatment processes. This review describes some recent appli-
cations of EEM-PARAFAC in the drinking water industry. It is divided into two sections according to field of
application: characterization of organic matter and its removal in drinking water treatment, and determination
of contaminants in drinking water.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.