Recent research projects:

• Determination of the concentration of the dopant and contaminant elements of optical single crystals grown in the Department.
• Development of solid and solution sampling based atomic spectrometry methods for the analysis of the optical crystals.
• Preparation and study of single phase, yttrium ortho silicates for scintillation applications.
• Preparation and study on litium yttrium silicate nanocrystals.
• Study on the plasmachemical processes in an Electrolyte Cathode Atmospheric Glow Discharge (ELCAD) by atomic absorption spectrometry.

Instrumentation:

• Varian SpectrAA-20  flame atomic absorption spectrometer
• Carl Zeiss model AAS3 atomic absorption spectrometer with flame and quartz cell options, with cold vapour generator
• Electrothermal vaporization device
• KERN 770 electronic analytical balance
• Sartorius SE2 microbalance
• 2 LP 321/2 drying ovens
• OH-80 precision oven (microprocessor controlled, programmable)
• KDCH  precision oven (microprocessor controlled, programmable)