Dr. Mladen Franko

Contact information

Office:

Address: Jozef Stefan Institute, Dept. of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Phone: +386 61 1773 288

Fax: +386 61 1773 811

Email: mladen.franko@ijs.si

Home:

Address: Zaucarjeva 24 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Biographical sketch

• born March 31, 1958, Solkan, Slovenia
• B.Sc. in Chemistry, Univ. Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1981
• M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, Univ. Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1983
• Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, USA, 1990
• research associate, J.Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 1983

Areas of research

• Laser spestroscopy
• Radioanalytical chemistry
• Environmental pollution

Scientific cooperation with:

• Wageningen Agricultural University, Laser Photoacoustic and Photothermal Laboratory, the Netherlands
• Marquette University, Department of Chemistry, Milwaukee, USA

Scientific publications:

• M. FRANKO, C.D. TRAN, Development of a double-beam, dual-wavelength thermal-lens spectrometer for simultaneous measurement of absorption at two different wavelengths, Anal. Chem. 60, 1925-1928 (1988).

• M. FRANKO, C.D. TRAN, Simultaneous determination of two-component mixtures and pHs by dual-wavelength thermal lens spectrometry, Appl. Spectrosc. 43, 661-668 (1989).

• M. FRANKO, C.D. TRAN, Temperature effect on photothermal lens phenomena in water: photothermal defocusing and focusing, Chem. Phys. Lett. 158, 31-36 (1989).

• M. FRANKO, C.D. TRAN, Water as a unique medium for thermal lens measurements, Anal. Chem. 61, 1660-1666 (1989).

• C.D. TRAN, M. FRANKO, Dual-wavelength thermal-lens spectrometry as a sensitive and selective method for trace gas analysis, J. Phys. E: Sci. Instrum. 22, 586-589 (1989).

• M. FRANKO, C.D. TRAN, Thermal lens effect in electrolyte and surfactant media, J. Phys. Chem. 95, 6688-6696 (1991).

• M. FRANKO, C.D. TRAN, Thermal lens technique for sensitive kinetic determinations of fast chemical reactions. Part I. Theory, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 62, 2430-2437 (1991).

• M. FRANKO, C.D. TRAN, Thermal lens technique for sensitive kinetic determinations of fast chemical reactions. Part II. Experiment, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 62, 2438-2442 (1991).

• M. FRANKO, Selectivity of thermal lens spectrometry - a review of recent improvements, 6. simpozij "Spektroskopija v teoriji in praksi", Bled, 1991, Vestn. Slov. Kem. Drus. 38, 537-556 (1991).

• K. AL-SABTI, M. FRANKO, B. ANDRIJANIC , S. KNEZ, P. STEGNAR, Chromium Induced Micronuclei in Fish, J. Appl. Toxicol. 14, 333-336 (1994).

• M. FRANKO, D. BICANIC, Z. BOZOKI, H. JALINK, Dual Beam Thermal Lens Measurements of Condensed Phase Samples at CO2 Laser Wavelengths: Detection of Stearic Acid in Carbon Tetrachloride, Appl. Spectrosc.48, 1457-1466 (1994).

• M. FRANKO, K. LENART, A. FAJGELJ, Thermal Lens Spectrometry for Determination of [Cr(H2O)6]3+ and Studies of Chromium Interactions with Al2O3 and SiO2, Acta Chimica Slovenica, 41, 15-24 (1994).

• V. STIBILJ, M. DERMELJ, M. FRANKO, A.R. BYRNE, Spectrophotometric Determination of the Chemical Yield in Radiochemical Neutron Activation Analysis of Selenium, Anal. Sci., 10, 789-793 (1994).

• M. FRANKO, D. BICANIC Dual Beam Infrared Thermal Lens Spectrometry at 965 cm-1 Absorption Band as a Measure of Nonconjugated Trans Fatty Acids Content in Margarine, , J.de Physique IV, C7, 479-482 (1994).

• D. BICANIC, M. FRANKO, H. JALINK, C.D. TRAN, Some Laser Photothermal Methods and their Potential for Quality Assessment of Tryptophan, Book chapter in "L- Tryptophan, Current Prospects in Medicine and Drug Safety" (W. Kochen, H. Steinhart, Eds.), W. de Gruyter, Berlin, 1994, p.p. 383 - 411.

• D. BICANIC, M. FRANKO, H. JALINK, R. DUKIC , Z. BOZOKI, J. LINSSEN, Study of Saturated Triglycerides in Oil Based on the CW Transverse CO2 Laser Excited Photothermal Deflection signals, Infrared Phys. and Technol., 36, 617-622 (1995).

• M. SIKOVEC, MI. NOVIC, V. HUDNIK, M. FRANKO, On-line Thernal Lens Spectrometric Detection of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) after HPIC Separation, J. Chromatogr., 706, 121-126 (1995).

• H. JALINK, D. BICANIC, Z. BOZOKI, M. FRANKO, Vapour-Phase Spectra and the Pressure-Temperature Dependence of Long Chain Carboxylic Acids Studied by a CO Laser and the Photoacoustic Heat-Pipe Detector , Appl. Spectrosc. 49, 994-999 (1995).

• M. FRANKO, C.D. TRAN, Analytical Thermal Lens Instrumentation Rev. Sci. Instrum. 67, 1-18 (1996).

• M. SIKOVEC, F. G. CRUZ, M. FRANKO, S. A. KATZ, Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Extracts of CCA-Treated Building Timbers by Thermal Lens Spectrometry: A Comparison to Spectrophotometry and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Spectroscopy Lett. (accepted), 29, 0000 (1996).

• M. SIKOVEC, MI. NOVIC, M. FRANKO, Application of Thernal Lens Spectrometric Detection to the Determination of Heavy Metals by Ion Chromatography, J. Chromatogr. (accepted), (1996).

• M. SIKOVEC, M. FRANKO, F. G. CRUZ, S. A. KATZ, Thermal Lens Spectrometric Determination of Hexavalent Chromium, Anal. Chim. Acta (accepted), (1996).