GRK 826: Trace Analysis of Elemental Species: Development of Methods andApplications

由来自化学，物理学，地球科学，大气科学，生物学和医学的大学教师组成的高素质毕业生研究培训小组的目的是在不同应用及其特定仪器开发的元素物种分析方面进行跨学科教育。在元素种类的痕量分析领域仍有大量的进一步研究工作需要。这样的研究培训计划的良好先决条件存在于美因茨，因为在分析知识的各个学科在美因茨大学和马克斯普朗克化学研究所的高能力，因为各种不同的仪器设备可用。在过去的几年中，元素存在的化学形式（元素种类）的确定在生命科学，地球科学，材料科学和环境研究中变得越来越重要，因此元素形态是跨学科合作的绝佳工具。而在过去，元素形态最好是在一个孤立的研究领域进行，这是该计划的重要目标之一，在一个跨学科的网络。

The aim of the research training group of highly qualified graduated students by university teachers from chemistry, physics, geosciences, atmospheric sciences, biology, and medicine is an interdisciplinary education in the elemental species analysis for different applications and their specific instrumental developments. There is still a substantial need for further research work in the field of trace analysis of elemental species. Excellent preconditions for such a research training program exist in Mainz because of the high competence in analytical knowledge by various disciplines at the University Mainz and the Max Planck Institute of Chemistry and because of the great variety of different instrumental equipment available. The determination of the chemical form, in which an element exists (elemental species), became increasing importance during the last few years in life sciences, geosciences, material sciences, and environmental investigations so that elemental speciation is an excellent tool for an interdisciplinary cooperation. Whereas in the past, elemental speciation has been preferably carried out in an isolated research area, it is one of the important aims of this program to do it within an interdisciplinary network.