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Research areas

• Flame atomic absorption  spectrometry;
• Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry for analysis of liquid and solid samples;
• Characterization of materials using different analytical techniques;
• Adsorption processes and purification of contaminated waters.

Selected papers

1. P. Vassileva, A. Detcheva, L. Ivanova, S. Evtimova,
   “Biosorption of Cd²⁺ ions using Mentha spicata L. and Ruta graveolens L.”,
   Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 70(4)  (2017)  497-504 .
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. L. P. Ivanova,  P. S. Vassileva, G. G. Gencheva, A. K. Detcheva ,
   “Feasibility of two bulgarian medicinal plant materials for removal of Cu²⁺ ions from aqueous solutions”,
   Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, 21(1) (2020) 37-45.