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.
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