Analytical Chemistry in Poland

ABSTRACT

The paper presents the main achievements of analytical chemistry in Poland on the basis of papers published mainly in the last decade. The selection is somewhat arbitrary but should show the most important directions of research. The citations generally refer to papers published in regular journals. The following topics were discussed: general aspects, chemical methods and reagents, spectrophotometry, speciation studies, atomic spectrometry, electrochemical methods, chemo- and biosensors, chromatography and related techniques.

Short reviews on the history and present status of analytical chemistry have been published elsewhere^{1, 2} and this review is intended to present the more detailed overview of the recent fields of interest, based on some selected publications from the nineties. Such selection is obviously to some extent arbitrary and this is mainly based on information sent by colleagues from various centres. It seemed, however, necessary to indicate where appropriate, the roots and earlier achievements.