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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
19792
World Ranking
3672
National Ranking
95

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Ralph E. Sturgeon is affiliated with the National Research Council Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Chemistry, with particular emphasis in Analytical Chemistry.

Their work spans several subfields including:

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Electrochemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

Sturgeon's research interests encompass a range of topics, notably:

  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis

Throughout their career, Sturgeon has published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry
  • Applied Spectroscopy

Among recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Ultrasensitive Detection of Ruthenium by Coupling Cobalt and Cadmium Ion-Assisted Photochemical Vapor Generation to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry," 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • "Highly Efficient Photochemical Vapor Generation for Sensitive Determination of Iridium by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry," 2023, Analytical Chemistry
  • "High-efficiency photoreductive vapor generation of osmium," 2021, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • "Copper-ion assisted photochemical vapor generation of bromide and bromate," 2021, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • "GC-MS exploration of photochemically generated species of Os, W and Ru from reductive and oxidative media," 2022, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Sturgeon collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Stanislav Musil
  • Alessandro D'Ulivo
  • Jaromír Vyhnanovský
  • Richard Oliveira
  • Patrícia Grinberg

Best Publications

  • Preconcentration of trace elements from seawater with silica-immobilized 8-hydroxyquinoline

    R. E. Sturgeon;S. S. Berman;S. N. Willie;J. A. H. Desaulniers

  • Studies on the mechanism of atom formation in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

    R. E. Sturgeon;C. L. Chakrabarti;C. H. Langford

  • Pre-concentration of trace metals from sea-water for determination by graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrometry.

    R.E. Sturgeon;S.S. Berman;A. Desaulniers;D.S. Russell

  • Solid phase microextraction as a tool for trace element speciation

    Zoltan Mester;Ralph Sturgeon;Janusz Pawliszyn

  • Atomic spectrometric detection of hydride forming elements following in situ trapping within a graphite furnace

    H. Matusiewicz;R.E. Sturgeon

  • UV vapor generation for determination of selenium by heated quartz tube atomic absorption spectrometry.

    Xuming Guo;Ralph E Sturgeon;Zoltán Mester;Graeme J Gardner

  • Sample Preparation for Trace Element Analysis

    Zoltán Mester;Ralph E. Sturgeon

  • Vapor generation by UV irradiation for sample introduction with atomic spectrometry.

    Xuming Guo;Ralph E. Sturgeon;and Zoltán Mester;Graeme J. Gardner

  • Sequestration of volatile element hydrides by platinum group elements for graphite furnace atomic absorption

    R.E. Sturgeon;S.N. Willie;G.I. Sproule;P.T. Robinson

  • Present status of microwave sample dissolution and decomposition for elemental analysis

    H. Matusiewicz;R. E. Sturgeon

  • Identification and quantitation of arsenic species in a dogfish muscle reference material for trace elements.

    Diane. Beauchemin;M. E. Bednas;S. S. Berman;J. W. McLaren

  • Analytical Applications of Volatile Metal Derivatives

    Ralph E. Sturgeon;Zoltán Mester

  • Applications of chemical vapor generation in non-tetrahydroborate media to analytical atomic spectrometry

    Peng Wu;Liang He;Chengbin Zheng;Xiandeng Hou

  • Critical evaluation of the application of photochemical vapor generation in analytical atomic spectrometry.

    Yihua He;Xiandeng Hou;Chengbin Zheng;Ralph E. Sturgeon

  • Chemical Vapor Generation: Atomic Absorption by Ag, Au, Cu, and Zn Following Reduction of Aquo Ions with Sodium Tetrahydroborate(III)

    Aderval S. Luna;Ralph E. Sturgeon;Reinaldo C. De Campos

  • Acid digestion of marine samples for trace element analysis using microwave heating

    Susumu Nakashima;Ralph E. Sturgeon;Scott N. Willie;Shier S. Berman

  • Photochemical vapor generation: a radical approach to analyte introduction for atomic spectrometry

    Ralph E. Sturgeon

  • Certification of a fish otolith reference material in support of quality assurance for trace element analysis

    R. E. Sturgeon;S. N. Willie;L. Yang;R. Greenberg

  • Comparison of methods for the determination of trace elements in seawater

    R. E. Sturgeon;S. S. Berman;J. A. H. Desaulniers;A. P. Mykytiuk

  • Determination of transition and rare earth elements in seawater by flow injection inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    S.N Willie;R.E Sturgeon

  • Spectrochemical analysis : James D. Ingle Jr and Stanley R. Crouch. XV + 590 pp. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1988). Price (U.S.) $52.00. ISBN 0-13-826876-2

    Ralph Sturgeon

Frequent Co-Authors

Zoltán Mester
Zoltán Mester Queen's University
Lu Yang
Lu Yang Sichuan University
Shier S. Berman
Shier S. Berman National Research Council Canada
Chuni L. Chakrabarti
Chuni L. Chakrabarti Carleton University
Chengbin Zheng
Chengbin Zheng Sichuan University
Xiandeng Hou
Xiandeng Hou Sichuan University
Adilson J. Curtius
Adilson J. Curtius Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Stephen A. Wise
Stephen A. Wise National Institutes of Health
Benoit Simard
Benoit Simard National Research Council Canada
Bernhard Welz
Bernhard Welz Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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