We presented some of our recent findings in the studies, development, and application of bismuth- and antimony-based electrodes introduced in our laboratory. Both electrodes have been widely recognized as practically the most efficient alternative to the toxic mercury electrode which in the past decades dominated for measuring trace heavy metals and some organic species. In particular, the bismuth electrode which we introduced for the first time in 2000 has found its place in numerous electroanalytical laboratories worldwide, and we can anticipate the same for the antimony electrode.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 4436250We developed and optimized the method for measuring 24 chemical elements in materials, such as clinker, cement, marl-flour, waste plastic, which are used in cement production in Salonit Anhovo. With this company, we have a contract-based collaboration of many years, which is, at the same time, an example of successful know-how transfer direct to the industrial production.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 5219098M. Franko participated as invited lecturer at the 17th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena, October 20-24, 2013, Suzhou, China. In his lecture the basic concepts of TLS microscopy (TLM) were introduced and recent improvements of theory and instrumentation made for TLM detection in microfluidic systems in author's lab were presented. Examples of application of TLM in combination with microfluidic flow injection analysis for detection of chromate in water and NGAL biomarker of acute kidney injury in blood plasma were also presented. This invitation confirms author's international affirmation and relevance of his contribution in the field of TLS microscopy and its applications in microfluidic systems for environmental and biomedical analysis.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 2927867Atmospheric aerosols have important role in the biogeochemistry and transportation of metals in the atmosphere. On a mass basis, trace metals represent relatively small proportion of the aerosol (generally less than 1 %). Among them are transition metals, which have several oxidation states, and thus can participate in many important atmospheric redox reactions and so influence free radical budget in atmospheric liquid phase. The source of trace metals in atmospheric water is the dissolution of aerosols. The solubility of metal aerosols is influenced by many factors, e.g. liquid phase pH, aerosol type and size, foto-reduction, presence of organic species, etc.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 4268058M. Franko was invited as plenary lecturer at the 10th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry. In his lecture the basic concepts of TLS spectrometry were introduced to elucidate the capability of TLS of highly sensitive chemical analysis as well as the determination of optical and thermal properties of liquids. This invitation confirms author's international reputation and relevance of his contribution in the field of photothermal spectroscopy which goes far beyond the analytical applications.
B.04 Guest lecture
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