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  1. Challenges in the quality assurance of elemental and isotopic analyses in the nuclear domain benefitting from high resolution ICP-OES and sector field ICP-MS

    Article • Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  2. Improved plutonium concentration analysis in specimens originating from the nuclear fuel cycle using high resolution ICP-OES

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  3. Sphagnum Mosses from 21 Ombrotrophic Bogs in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region Show No Significant Atmospheric Contamination of “Heavy Metals”

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, November 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  4. High resolution ICP-OES analysis of neptunium-237 in samples from pyrochemical treatment of spent nuclear fuel

    Article • Microchemical Journal, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  5. Zinc isotope systematics in snow and ice accretions in Central European mountains

    Article • Chemical Geology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  6. Elemental and isotopic analysis of americium in non-separated spent fuels using high resolution ICP-OES and sector field ICP-MS

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  7. Potential of high resolution ICP-OES for elemental and isotopic analysis of americium

    Article • Microchemical Journal, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  8. Measurements of236U in Ancient and Modern Peat Samples and Implications for Postdepositional Migration of Fallout Radionuclides

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  9. Cross-validation of analytical procedures for the reliable determination of Nd concentrations in nuclear fuel using ICP-OES and sector field ICP-MS

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  10. Determination of 239Pu, 240Pu, 241Pu and 242Pu at femtogram and attogram levels – evidence for the migration of fallout plutonium in an ombrotrophic peat bog profile

    Article • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  11. Atmospheric deposition of beryllium in Central Europe: Comparison of soluble and insoluble fractions in rime and snow across a pollution gradient

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  12. Method development for the determination of alkali metals in samples from pyrochemical reprocessing using ICP-OES and comparison with sector field ICP-MS

    Article • Microchemical Journal, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  13. Whole-catchment inventories of trace metals in soils and sediments in mountain lake catchments in the Central Pyrenees: Apportioning the anthropogenic and natural contributions

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  14. Promises and pitfalls in the reliable determination of233U using high resolution ICP-OES

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  15. Experimental Evidence for Mobility/Immobility of Metals in Peat

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, September 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  16. Validation of isotopic analysis of depleted, natural and enriched uranium using high resolution ICP-OES

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  17. The Desorption of Antimony(V) from Sediments, Hydrous Oxides, and Clay Minerals by Carbonate, Phosphate, Sulfate, Nitrate, and Chloride

    Article • Journal of Environmental Quality, January 2011, American Society of Agronomy

    Dr Michael Krachler

  18. Increasing arsenic concentrations in runoff from 12 small forested catchments (Czech Republic, Central Europe): Patterns and controls

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  19. Radial distribution of lead and lead isotopes in stem wood of Norway spruce: A reliable archive of pollution trends in Central Europe

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  20. Schwermetalle in der Umwelt. Auf Ultra-Spurensuche

    Article • Chemie in unserer Zeit, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr Michael Krachler

  21. Trace elements in recent groundwater of an artesian flow system and comparison with snow: enrichments, depletions, and chemical evolution of the water

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  22. Global atmospheric As and Bi contamination preserved in 3000 year old Arctic ice

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, August 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  23. A new method for the determination of plutonium and americium using high pressure microwave digestion and alpha-spectrometry or ICP-SMS

    Article • Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  24. Metal release and corrosion effects of modular neck total hip arthroplasty

    Article • International Orthopaedics, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  25. Validation of ultratrace analysis of Co, Cr, Mo and Ni in whole blood, serum and urine using ICP-SMS

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  26. Determination of trace element concentrations in natural freshwaters: How low is “low”, and how low do we need to go?

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  27. Stable-isotope and trace element time series from Fedchenko glacier (Pamirs) snow/firn cores

    Article • Journal of Glaciology, January 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michael Krachler

  28. Atmospheric inputs of Ag and Tl to the Arctic: Comparison of a high resolution snow pit (AD 1994–2004) with a firn (AD 1860–1996) and an ice core (previous 16,000 yr)

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  29. Atmospheric Sb in the Arctic during the past 16,000 years: Responses to climate change and human impacts

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, February 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  30. A 15,800-year record of atmospheric lead deposition on the Devon Island Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada: Natural and anthropogenic enrichments, isotopic composition, and predominant sources

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, June 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  31. Lead in Bottled Waters:  Contamination from Glass and Comparison with Pristine Groundwater

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  32. Environmental applications of single collector high resolution ICP-MS

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  33. Spatial Distribution of Natural Enrichments of Arsenic, Selenium, and Uranium in a Minerotrophic Peatland, Gola di Lago, Canton Ticino, Switzerland

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  34. Origin and fluxes of atmospheric REE entering an ombrotrophic peat bog in Black Forest (SW Germany): Evidence from snow, lichens and mosses

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, June 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  35. Trends in atmospheric Cd deposition recorded in a 64-meter long ice-core and a 5-m snow pit record from Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada

    Article • Geochemistry, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  36. Evaluation of samplers and filter materials for the establishment of trace metal concentration profiles in peat bog porewaters using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  37. Determination of arsenic in peat samples using HG-AFS and l-cysteine as pre-reductant

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  38. Contamination of Canadian and European bottled waters with antimony from PET containers

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  39. Porewater Evidence of Metal (Cu, Ni, Co, Zn, Cd) Mobilization in an Acidic, Ombrotrophic Bog Impacted by a Smelter, Harjavalta, Finland and Comparison with Reference Sites

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, November 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  40. Recent atmospheric Pb deposition at a rural site in southern Germany assessed using a peat core and snowpack, and comparison with other archives

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, November 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  41. Antimon - ein globaler Schadstoff

    Article • Nachrichten aus der Chemie, September 2005, Wiley

    Dr Michael Krachler

  42. Comparison of Atmospheric Deposition of Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc, and Cadmium Recorded by Finnish Peat Cores with Monitoring Data and Emission Records

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, August 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  43. A new HF-resistant tandem spray chamber for improved determination of trace elements and Pb isotopes using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  44. Analytical procedures for the determination of selected major (Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Na, and Ti) and trace (Li, Mn, Sr, and Zn) elements in peat and plant samples using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  45. Improved determination of selenium in plant and peat samples using hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HG-AFS)

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, April 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  46. Direct determination of arsenic in acid digests of plant and peat samples using HG-AAS and ICP-SF-MS

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  47. Analytical procedures for improved trace element detection limits in polar ice from Arctic Canada using ICP-SMS

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  48. Increasing atmospheric antimony contamination in the northern hemisphere: snow and ice evidence from Devon Island, Arctic Canada

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  49. Lithogenic, oceanic and anthropogenic sources of atmospheric Sb to a maritime blanket bog, Myrarnar, Faroe Islands

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  50. Natural abundance of Sb and Sc in pristine groundwaters, Springwater Township, Ontario, Canada, and implications for tracing contamination from landfill leachates

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  51. Improved determination of arsenic in environmental and geological specimens using HG-AFS

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  52. Predominance of industrial Pb in recent snow (1994–2004) and ice (1842–1996) from Devon Island, Arctic Canada

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  53. Direct Determination of Lead Isotopes (206Pb,207Pb,208Pb) in Arctic Ice Samples at Picogram per Gram Levels Using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Sector Field MS Coupled with a High-Efficiency Sample Introduction System

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, September 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  54. Antimony in recent, ombrotrophic peat from Switzerland and Scotland: Comparison with natural background values (5,320 to 8,02014C yr BP) and implications for the global atmospheric Sb cycle

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, January 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  55. Suggested protocol for collecting, handling and preparing peat cores and peat samples for physical, chemical, mineralogical and isotopic analyses

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  56. Identifying the sources and timing of ancient and medieval atmospheric lead pollution in England using a peat profile from Lindow bog, Manchester

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  57. Optimising accuracy and precision of lead isotope measurement (206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb) in acid digests of peat with ICP-SMS using individual mass discrimination correction

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  58. Novel calibration procedure for improving trace element determinations in ice and water samples using ICP-SMS

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  59. Natural and anthropogenic enrichments of molybdenum, thorium, and uranium in a complete peat bog profile, Jura Mountains, Switzerland

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  60. Atmospheric deposition of silver and thallium since 12 37014C years BP recorded by a Swiss peat bog profile, and comparison with lead and cadmium

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  61. Atmospheric Deposition of V, Cr, and Ni since the Late Glacial:  Effects of Climatic Cycles, Human Impacts, and Comparison with Crustal Abundances

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Krachler

  62. Determination of antimony in plant and peat samples by hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HG-AFS)

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  63. Two thousand years of atmospheric rare earth element (REE) deposition as revealed by an ombrotrophic peat bog profile, Jura Mountains, Switzerland

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, December 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  64. Analytical procedures for the determination of selected trace elements in peat and plant samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, August 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  65. Influence of digestion procedures on the determination of rare earth elements in peat and plant samples by USN-ICP-MS

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, May 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  66. Inter-method comparison for the determination of antimony and arsenic in peat samples

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, May 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  67. A peat bog record of natural, pre-anthropogenic enrichments of trace elements in atmospheric aerosols since 12 370 14 C yr BP, and their variation with Holocene climate change

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, May 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  68. Sequential Thoracentesis

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler, Professor Zeno Földes-Papp [Biochemist, Gerontologist (Biochemiker, Geriater)]: Single-Molecule Biophysics & Biochemistry Based On the Stochastic Nature of Diffusion. -- I hope that my humble scientific work will be well received by the communities of single-molecule imaging and spectroscopy and by all users of these technologies as well as biotechnologies in the various and different disciplines:

  69. Trace Element Transfer from the Mother to the Newborn—Investigations on Triplets of Colostrum, Maternal, and Umbilical Cord Sera

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  70. Critical assessment of the performance of electronic moisture analyzers for small amounts of environmental samples and biological reference materials

    Article • Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, December 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  71. Digestion procedures for the determination of antimony and arsenic in small amounts of peat samples by hydride generation–atomic absorption spectrometry

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, March 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  72. Speciation analysis of antimony by high-performance liquid chromatography inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry using ultrasonic nebulization

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, February 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  73. Urinary antimony speciation by HPLC-ICP-MS

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  74. Clinical Laboratory Parameters in Osteoarthritic Knee-Joint Effusions Correlated to Trace Element Concentrations

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  75. Potential of high performance liquid chromatography coupled to flow injection hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry for the speciation of inorganic and organic antimony compounds

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  76. Reference values for chromium, nickel and vanadium in urine of youngsters from the urban area of Rome

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  77. Determination of trace elements in human milk by inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS)

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  78. Long-Term Changes of Plasma Trace Element Concentrations in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • Blood Purification, January 2000, Karger Publishers

    Dr Michael Krachler

  79. Concentrations of Trace Elements in Osteoarthritic Knee-Joint Effusions

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  80. Pleural Effusions and Sera from Patients with Benign or Malignant Diseases : Copper, Zinc, and Laboratory Parameters

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  81. Concentrations of Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Rubidium, and Magnesium in Thoracic Empyemata and Corresponding Sera

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  82. Impact of mechanical vascular injury on whole blood and plasma concentrations of trace elements and electrolytes in patients with coronary heart disease

    Article • The Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine, January 2000, Wiley

    Dr Michael Krachler

  83. Concentrations of Selected Trace Elements in Human Milk and in Infant Formulas Determined by Magnetic Sector Field Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  84. Concentrations of trace elements in sera of newborns, young infants, and adults

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, May 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  85. Biomonitoring of antimony in environmental matrices from terrestrial and limnic ecosystems

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  86. Optimized procedure for the determination of antimony in lipid-rich environmental matrices by flow injection hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry

    Article • The Analyst, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  87. Development and evaluation of an analytical procedure for the determination of antimony in plant materials by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry

    Article • The Analyst, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  88. Exchange of Alkali Trace Elements in Hemodialysis Patients:A Comparison with Na+ and K+

    Article • January 1999, Karger Publishers

    Dr Michael Krachler

  89. Analytical problems in the determination of platinum-group metals in urine by quadrupole and magnetic sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, May 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  90. Influence of sample pre-treatment on the determination of trace elements in urine by quadrupole and magnetic sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Krachler

  91. Pattern of trace elements in human milk during the course of lactation

    Article • Nutrition Research, January 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Krachler

  92. Trace element status of hemodialyzed patients

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, September 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler

  93. Microwave digestion methods for the determination of trace elements in brain and liver samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, May 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Krachler