Uurimisrühma kompetentsi kuulub erinevate analüütiliste meetodite ning protseduuride väljatöötamine ning kasutamine mitmesuguste ühendite ja segude analüüsiks keerulistes maatriksites. Rühmas on spetsialistid lahutusmeetodite - eelkõige kapillaarelektroforeesi alal juhtivus- ja optilise detekteerimisega, aga ka vedelik ja gaasi kromatograafia alal. Samuti on kompetents ning vahendid erinevate ekstraktsioonimeetodite kasutamiseks.Rühmas on välja arendatud erinevaid modifitseeritud (poorseid) materjale – aerogeele, mida kasutatakse põhiliselt adsorbentidena ning katalüsaatoritena elektrokeemias ja veepuhastuses.Töötatakse erinevate analüütiliste meetodite (HPLC-MS, GC-MS, kapillaarelektroforeesil (KE) põhinevate) väljatöötamisega ja kasutamisega mitmesuguste ühendite ja segude (keemiarelvad, narkootikumid, bioaktiivsed ained, fütokemikaalid, toiduained, biomassi laguproduktid) analüüsiks keerulistes maatriksites nagu keskkonnaproovid, kehavedelikud ja taimeekstraktid.
The members of the group have competence indevelopment of analytical methods and procedures and use of these in analysis of differentcompounds and mixtures in complicated matrices. The group has good specialists in separationmethods: gas and liquid chromatography andespecially in capillary electrophoresis where theyuse a wide variety of detectors: electrical, opticaland mass spectrometrical. The group has alsocompetence and means for supercritical extraction for a wide range of extraction parameters.The group has provided recognised results ondevelopment of porous materials – aerogels andthese have been taken into use as adsorbents inanalytical separation and catalysts in electrochemistry and water purification.The aim of the present research is developmentand application of a variety of analytical methodologies (primarily capillary electrophoresis)for analysis of different classes of compounds(banned chemicals, drugs, polyphenols, fermentable sugars) in complex matrixes such asenvironmental samples, body fluids, biomass andherbal extracts. The results obtained will be usedto develop an expert system using quantitativestructure-activity relationship (QSAR).Miniaturization of capillary electrophoresis apparatus is an important feature, which providesan opportunity to perform on-site analyzes.