Atomtrace A.S. (Czech Republic)

AtomTrace A.S. is a company located in Brno, Czech Republic. It was founded in 2014 as a start-up from the Central European Institute of Technology. The company strongly cooperates with the institute, as well as other institutions such as the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. AtomTrace focuses on the commercialization of promising technologies that arise from research and development, particularly in the field of material analysis using the LIBS technique. The company's expertise in LIBS methods comes from the years of research activities conducted by the Laboratory of laser spectroscopy at Brno University of Technology and the Laboratory of analytical chemistry at Masaryk University. These labs have specialized in LIBS methods since 1997, and the founding members of AtomTrace come from these labs. The company's R&D team is also oriented towards the development of LIBS instrumentation, with specialists in machine design, electronics, and software development. AtomTrace also collaborates with other institutes, such as the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, to include experts from related science fields. AtomTrace has more than 17 years of experience with the LIBS technique, conducting research and experiments. They publish their work in scientific journals such as the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, Sensors, and Optical Engineering. Additionally, they regularly present their findings at international conferences.