Laboratory of Basic Aspects of Analytical Chemistry
Team leader: prof. dr hab. Ewa Bulska; dr hab. Barbara Wagner, prof. ucz.
Team leader’s e-mail address: ebulska@chem.uw.edu.pl, barbog@chem.uw.edu.pl
Brief description of the research topic:
The research group is involved in the use of advanced measurement techniques to study processes in living organisms, physico-chemical processes in historical objects and the qualitative and quantitative composition of clinical samples, pesticide residues in food, forensic traces, excavation objects, products and industrial intermediates. Access to state-of-the-art instrumentation also enables scientific research aimed at understanding the processes of atomisation, excitation and ionisation in plasma, determining the distribution of elements on the surface and in subsurface layers of solid objects with high surface resolution and dedicated to the characterisation of certified reference materials. Physico-chemical studies of historic objects are carried out in close cooperation with archaeologists, art historians and conservators. In this research domain, access to modern instrumental technology is imperative for conducting detailed chemical investigations with the utmost caution for the analysed objects accompanied with documentation of subsequent measurement steps. We specialise in detailed inorganic analyses including non-routine studies of elemental and isotopic composition of unique objects. The non-destructive or micro-destructive nature of the entire measurement process is ensured by implementing specific methodologies.