CURRENT MEMBERS Gábor Galbács (DSc), full professor of chemistry (head of the group) Main fields of expertise are fundamental laser and plasma-based analytical atomic spectroscopy, mainly focusing on solid and liquid sampling ICP-MS, LIBS, LA, ICP-OES and diode laser atomic spectroscopy, also including the development of instrumentation and analytical data evaluation. Zoltán Galbács (PhD, CSc), honorary professor of chemistry 50+ years of experience in inorganic chemistry, reaction kinetics and environmental analysis. Zsolt Geretovszky (PhD), associate professor of physics (associated member) Areas of expertise include laser-material interaction, thin film deposition, vacuum techniques and nanoparticle synthesis by physical methods. Attila Kohut (PhD) assistant professor (associated member) Fundamental processes occurring in electrical discharges and laser-material interaction. Dávid Jenő Palásti (PhD), postdoctoral fellow Development of advanced optical setups and qualitative analytical discrimination methods for LIBS. Gyula Kajner, IPCEI grantholder chemistry PhD student Development, use and analysis of micro- and nanostructures for ICP-MS and LIBS spectroscopies Fernando A. Casian Plaza, PhD student (Mexico) Nanoparticle-enhanced LIBS elemental mapping, analytical use of LIBS and Raman data fusion Orsolya Urbán, IPCEI grantholder chemistry PhD studentPolymer thin layer and isotope analysis by LIBS spectroscopy Almachiusi Rwegasira Rweyemamu, chemistry PhD student (Tanzania) Method development for the laser and plasma spectroscopy analysis of aerosols Ádám Bélteki, instrumentation engineer Instrumentation and software development, trace analytical sample preparation and data evaluation. The use of 3D-printed devices in laser and plasma spectroscopy. Bálint Bodó, chemistry MSc student Pesticide classification by LIBS spectroscopy Balázs Schwartz, chemistry BSc student Development of microfluidic devices for liquid and single cell analysis by ICP-MS Borbála Machlik, chemistry BSc student (Micro)plastic sorting by LIBS spectroscopy FORMER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP Researchers: Dr. Patrick Martin Janovszky, Dr. Albert Kéri, Dr. Ildikó Kálomista, Dr. János Balázs, Dr. Anikó Metzinger, Dr. Nikoletta Jedlinszki, Dr. Viktória Budavári. BSc or MSc students (excerpt): Czímer Zsófia, Bukor Tamás, Lakatos Laura, Egon Várkonyi, Boglárka Boglárka, Gábor Csík, Gábor Skoda, Melánia Bodza, Tíria Biros, Dóra Maklári, Éva Krausz, Lilla Balassi, Péter Trungel-Nagy, Henrik Bali, Sára Bálint, Csaba Balogh, Zoltán Bata, Anita Belány, László Bodnár, Tamás Bodnár, Krisztina Budavári, Julianna Czikó, Gábor Cseh, Margit Darányi, Ágota Deák, Réka Eszes, Dalma Füderer, Zoltán Góg, Zoltán Balázs Juhász, Rita Rita, Attila Kerek, Klaudia Kiss, László Kiss, Mihály Kiss, Attila Kormányos, Zita Mariann Lévai, Zsófia Lukács, Andrea Majzik, László Márk, Csilla Mezei, Anett Nádasi, Attila Pál, Krisztián Palicskó, Lilána Petrilla, Márton Sovány, Boglárka Szilva, Attila Szorcsik, Ferenc Terényi, András Márk Varga, Mátyás Velkey-Guth, Nagy Magdolna Veressné, Zoltán Viczián, Anikó Virág, Ferenc Zombori. Technical personnel: Mariann Sebők-Kiss+, Magdolna Juhász, Gábor Laudisz. MAIN SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATORS (EXCERPT) From Hungary: Miklós Veres (Wigner Physics Research Centre), Éva Kovács-Széles (IAEA), Attila Jancsó (SZTE), Zoltán Mucsi (Femtonics Ltd.), Zoltán Bozóki and Tibor Ajtai (MTA-SZTE), György Pálfi (SZTE), Tivadar M.-Tóth and Felix Schubert (SZTE), Mihály Braun (ATOMKI), Attila Gáspár (DE), Zoltán Kónya and András Sápi (SZTE), Imre Dékány and Edit Csapó (MTA-SZTE), András Dér and Sándor Valkai (MTA BRC), Béla Hopp (SZTE), Zsuzsanna Ördög-Kolbert (SZTE), Péter Engelmann (PTE), NAPLIFE Collaboration From abroad: James D. Winefordner (USA), Nicoló Omenetto (USA), Igor B. Gornushkin (Germany), B.W. Smith (USA), Ove Axner (Sweden), Einar Kruis (Germany), Andreas Schmitt-Ott (The Netherlands), Martin Seipenbusch (Germany), Jose-Maria Palomares Linares (The Netherlands), Richard Engeln (The Netherlands), Frank Vanhaecke (Belgium), Jozef Kaiser (Czech Republic), Pavel Porizka (Czech Republic), Andreas Limbeck (Austria), Cornelia Muntean (Romania), Peter Francisc (Romania), Sanja Zivkovic (Serbia) Researchers who recently visited us from abroad (excerpt): Petr Sovadina (Czech Republic), Daniel Holub (Czech Republic), Daniel Torregrosa Carretero (Spain), Nikolai Sushkov (Russia), Igor Gornushkin (Germany), Jozef Kaiser (Czech Republic), Pavel Porizka (Czech Republic), Sanja Zivkovic (Serbia), Ove Axner (Sweden). INSTRUMENTATION RUN OR DIRECTLY ACCESSED BY THE GROUP (EXCERPT) Agilent 7700x ICP-MS spectrometer Applied Spectra J-200 tandem LA/LIBS spectrometer Jobin-Yvon 24 ICP-OES spectrometer Optika B600-TiFL fluorescence microscope equipped with a megapixel digital camera LIBS spectrometers (two systems) equipped with Avantes fiber optic spectrometers Quantel Ultra 100 Nd:YAG laser (532 and 1064 nm) LTB Aryelle 200 echelle spectrograph LIBScan 25+ portable LIBS instrument (on lease from Centre for Energy Research) Electrical discharge nanoparticle generators (joint equipment with the Department of OQE) Andor iStar ultrafast iCCD camera (joint equipment with the Department of OQE) PG T85+ double beam UV-Vis absorption spectrometer Anton Paar 3000 microwave sample preparation system Alpina K-700 laminar flow cabinet Raadwag 80/220 X.2 semi-micro analytical balance with stabilized stand IKA orbital shaker Diode laser current and temperature controllers (two systems) complete with mounts and lasers High speed data acquisiton and signal conditioning devices by National Instruments Modular vacuum system (can be pumped down to 1 Pa) Digital two-channel syringe pump Multi-roller, multi-channel Gilson Minipulse III peristaltic pumps (three units) Bartels micropumps, microvalves and control/drive circuitry Digital storage oscilloscopes (two units) Ultrasound generators (three units) Uniformation GK2 3D printer (VAT) with D265 Curing box FlashForge Adventurer 5M Pro 3D printer (FDM) Various optical, optomechanical and optoelectronic components (e.g. Thorlabs) Various electronic signal conditioning instruments (e.g. TTI) Scientific software licences (e.g. NI LabView, Origin, SmartDraw, ComSol, etc.) etc. LABORATORY SPACE The group runs two, fully equipped laboratories (one dedicated to laser spectroscopy setups and another one dedicated to chemical sample preparation, complete with two chemical hoods and a laminar flow cabinet) and two instrumentation rooms (this houses the ICP-MS instrument and associated hardware and the semi-micro balance and fluorescent microscope) at the department.
Last modified on November 5, 2024.
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