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Research areas

• Flame
  atomic absorption spectrometry; flow injection analysis;
• Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry for analysis of liquids, slurries and solid samples;
• Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry for analysis of liquid and solid samples;
• Total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis;
• Development of “green” analytical chemistry by means of environmental-friendly methods;
• Adsorption
  processes and water purification;
• Metrology
  in chemistry and chemometrics.

Selected papers

1. J. Hassler, R. Matschat, S. Richter, P. Barth, A. K. Detcheva, H.-J. Waarlo,
   “Determination of 22 trace elements in high-purity copper including Se and Te by ETV-ICP OES using SF₆, NF₃, CF₄ and H₂ as chemical modifiers”,
   Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 31(3): 642-657 (2016);
2. A. Detcheva, R. Velinova, A. Manoylova, E. Ivanova,
   “Study on the colouration of Bulgarian late-antique and medieval archaeological glass finds by a validated total reflection X-ray fluorescence procedure”,
   Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B, 58(5): 217-225 (2017);
3. A. Detcheva, J. Hassler,
   “Investigation of late-antique and early-Christian glass artefacts from South-West Bulgaria by means of electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry”,
   Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 71(4): 476-482 (2018);
4. L. P. Ivanova, A. K. Detcheva, P. S. Vassileva,
   “Characterization of two Bulgarian herbs for use as biosorbents for copper(II)”,
   Analytical Letters, 52(17) (2019) 2650-2662;  
5. A. Detcheva, J. Hassler, L. Ivanova, C. Hommel, T. Vogt,
   “ETV-ICP-OES determination of essential, non-essential and toxic elements in seven Bulgarian herbs”,
   Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 72(4) (2019) 464-471;