Evaluation Report Publications of the Academy of Finland 1/11

4.1  Aalto University, Analytical Chemistry
Overview
The unit is composed of one professor, one senior lecturer and three PhD students. 
No technical or administrative personnel are attached to the unit. During the period 
of evaluation (2005–2009), four Master’s theses were produced and two doctorate 
degrees were completed. About three quarters of the unit’s budget comes from core 
funding and the rest from the Academy of Finland and a graduate school. 
Research profile
The research of the unit is focused on the field of luminescence (photoluminescence, 
chemiluminescence, electrochemiluminescence). The unit’s activities also include 
combining the ongoing research with fabrication methods and devices in collaboration 
with external partners (integrated electrode chips, printed electrodes, etc.).
Research quality
During the period of evaluation the team produced 26 papers and four granted 
patents, with little publication activity in the most recent years. The publications have 
mostly been published in good international analytical and electrochemical journals. 
The research is essentially limited to luminescence techniques and more particularly 
to hot electron chemiluminescence (HECL). The hot electron electrochemistry 
research performed by the unit is a controversial topic and its main activities date 
back more than a decade. The impact of the group’s results is very limited. The 
university owns the IPR in work within the development of methods and devices, and 
the technology has been transferred to small Finnish companies.