Research in analytical chemistry is wide-ranging, including developments in atomic spectrometry, molecular spectrometry, chromatography, radioanalytical techniques and chemometrics.
Process analytical chemistry is a major interest through the Centre for Process Analytics and Control Technology (CPACT) (external link) - a multi-centre, multidisciplinary collaboration involving three universities and 19 companies.
Research includes developments in non-invasive on-line and in-reactor analysis techniques, process control and optimisation.
Many projects concern the investigation of environmental problems involving the analysis of soils, sediments, sea and river waters, and air for organic and inorganic pollutants, including trace elements and speciation.
New methods to determine metals in clinical samples are also being developed to support the study of nutritional status, metabolism, and acute phase response.
Techniques for investigation of problems in conservation science are being developed to study eg. the degradation processes which affect plastics, glass, limestone and metallic artifacts in museum collections.
Low-cost, unobtrusive monitors for pollutants in indoor air are being devised, and sorbents developed to reduce their concentration.