Our goal is to determine and identify various metal species and organic compounds of special importance for human being synthesized by living organisms.

Research topics:

• Cultural heritage preservation
  • Identification of natural products in art objects
  • Determination of metals in pigments and mordants

• Food control
  • Determination of microelements in food products
  • Determination of arsenic species in drinking water
  • Determination of biologically active organic compounds in herbs

• Characterisation of metal deactivation mechanisms in plants
  • Determination of metals in plant organs and organelles
  • Identification of bioligands chelating metals

• Kinetic studies of cytostatic drug complexes with plasma transport proteins

• Characterisation of mechanisms of transepidermal metal transport

• Separation of metal ion chelates and characterization of their interactions with LC phases and surfactants micelles

• Plasma spectrometry fundamental studies
• Plasma sources for spectrochemistry
• Sample introduction techniques for plasma spectrometry
• Plasma diagnostics
• Analytical applications of plasma spectrometry techniques

• Molecular modelling of chelates and ligands structures

• Multi-component spectrophotometric analysis