Research field
- Development and optimization of novel analytical procedures by means of atomic and molecular spectrometric methods for the analysis of samples with complex matrices;
- Analytical characterization of different materials with respect to their use as sorbents for water purification;
- Determination of essential and toxic element contents in plant materials and other natural products aiming their analytical characterization, as well as evaluation of their nutrition value, safety and environmental impact;
- Phytoextraction of rhenium from soils and water. Development of fast and environmental-friendly methods for Re-extraction from plants and their application for Re-analysis and Re- Express-tests for visual colorimetric determination of rhenium in plant- and environmental samples;
- Determination of trace elements in industrial products, environmental samples (air, water, siols), geological materials, and samples of biological origin by means of modern instrumental methods of analysis;
- Development of “green” analytical chemistry by means of environmental-friendly methods.
Selected publications
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1) Albena Detcheva, Vasil Simeonov, Lidia Ivanova, Paunka Vassileva
Biosorption of Cu (II) ions on a waste material of plant origin using factorial design approach
Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 56, Special Issue C (2024) 72-772) Krastena Nikolova, Tinko Eftimov, Aleksandar Pashev, Metody Karadjov, Christina Tzvetkova, Galia Gentscheva, Daniel Brabant, Samia Fouzar
Correlation between chemical characteristics and optical spectra of Spirulina commercially available on the Bulgarian market
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry, 10 (2) (2023) 465-4743) Albena Detcheva, Vasil Simeonov, Lidia Ivanova, Caroline Hommel, Paunka Vassileva
Chemometric approach to the elemental composition of ethereal oil plant materials,
Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 75(7) (2022) 966-9734) Caroline Hommel, Jürgen Hassler, Ralf Matschat, Thomas Vogt, Albena Detcheva, Sebastian Recknagel
A fast and robust direct solid sampling method for the determination of 27 trace, main and minor elements in soda lime glass based on ETV-ICP OES and using a gaseous halogenating modifier
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 36(8) (2021) 1683-16935) Christina Tzvetkova, Luís A.B. Novo, Stela Atanasova-Vladimirova, Tsvetan Vassilev
“On the uptake of rhenium by plants: Accumulation and recovery from plant tissue”
Journal of Cleaner Production, 328 (2021) 1295346) Albena Detcheva, Vasil Simeonov
Multivariate statistical interpretation of a data set of medieval glass fragments
Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 73(1) (2020) 40-47
International collaboration
- Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für analytische Chemie, Freiberg, Germany.
Staff:
Albena Detcheva-Tchakarova
Christina Tzvetkova-Vassileva
Galia Gentscheva
