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Research profile
Research at the unit is focused on three primary fields: inorganic chemistry, inorganic 
analytical chemistry and computational chemistry. The topics of inorganic chemistry 
include design, synthesis and characterisation of novel inorganic and organometallic 
compounds with useful physicochemical properties such as metal complexes of new 
amine bisphenolate ligands or ionic liquids. Theoretical and computational studies are 
conducted on main group radicals and fundamentals of chemical structure and 
bonding in order to assist the design of molecules with sought properties. The 
research in analytical chemistry is motivated by industrial needs and is aimed at 
developing new analytical methods for the identification, quantification and 
separation of different analytes, in particular metals, from a variety of matrices 
including industrial by-products and waste waters.