Fundamental studies of plasmas used for elemental analysis, optical and mass spectrometry Aerosol generation and processing
Development of intelligent instruments for spectrochemical analysis
Elemental speciation
Capillary electrophoresis - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Liquid chromatography - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Ion spray and electrospray mass spectrometry
Application of analytical chemistry to environmental and geological problems
Investigation of metal-ligand complexation in aqueous and mixed organic/aqueous media
Laser ablation ICP-MS for direct analysis of solids
Instrumentation:
Optical rail based instruments for time and space resolved optical emission spectroscopy, laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and laser light scattering measurements built from a system of interchangeable components including:
Questek model 2100 Excimer Laser and Lambda Physik Dye Laser
McPherson 2061 one meter spectrometer with 1200 g/mm and 3600 g/mm gratings
Chromex 0.5 m imaging spectrometer with 1200, 2400 and 3600 g/mm gratings
Heath 0.35 m spectrometer
Princeton Instruments TE Charge Coupled Device detector