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

由化学、物理、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研究生研究培训小组的目的是为不同的应用及其特定的仪器开发提供元素物种分析的跨学科教育。在元素物种的痕量分析领域仍有大量需要进一步研究的工作。美因茨大学和马克斯·普朗克化学研究所的不同学科在分析知识方面具有很高的能力，而且现有的各种仪器设备种类繁多，因此美因茨具备开展此类研究培训计划的良好前提条件。在生命科学、地球科学、材料科学和环境调查中，确定元素存在的化学形式(元素物种)在过去几年中变得越来越重要，因此元素物种形成是跨学科合作的一个极好的工具。过去，元素物种形成最好是在一个孤立的研究领域进行，而在一个跨学科网络中进行元素物种形成是本计划的重要目标之一。

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.