Comparing several atomic spectrometric methods to the super stars: special emphasis on laser induced breakdown spectrometry, LIBS, a future super star

Winefordner, J. D.; Gornushkin, Igor B.; Correll, Tiffany L.; Gibb, Emily; Smith, Benjamin W.; Omenetto, N.

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“…Song et al 6 have recently published a review specifically about the instrumentation used in LIBS, though several other reviews [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] about LIBS applications also discuss the instrumentation related to this technique. In addition, reviews about general spectroscopic instrumentation, detectors for spectrometry, and lasers are Figure 3.…”

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“…9,12 Researchers committed to studying this stage of lasersample interactions agree that the way the plasma is initiated differs for different media. If the target material is a gas, seed electrons will be generated by multiphoton absorption or cascade ionization.…”

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“…7,9 In principle the plasma shield can be taken as an undesirable phenomenon preventing LIBS from reaching better detectivity, by decreasing the ablated mass from a sample. However, it should be pointed out that when the absorption of the laser radiation occurs in the shielding process, it gives rise to a higher plasma temperature which can increase the emission intensity and dissociate any tiny particle that has been ablated.…”

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“…The technique is named Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and numerous reviews [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] and three recent text books [12][13][14] have already been published addressing both general and specific aspects, in the relatively short period after the technique had undergone a renewed interest in the beginnings of the eighties. On the other hand, the technique has recently experienced an exponential growth in interest, reflected by an increasing number of publications, and, apparently, its niche in the general field of Analytical Chemistry are ready to be defined.…”

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Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Pasquini¹,

Cortez²,

Silva³

et al. 2007

J. Braz. Chem. Soc.

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Esta revisão descreve os aspectos fundamentais, a instrumentação, as aplicações e tendências futuras de uma técnica analítica que se encontra em seu estágio de consolidação e que está em vias de estabelecer o seu nicho entre as técnicas espectrofotométricas modernas. A técnica é denominada Espectroscopia de Emissão em Plasma Induzido por Laser (em inglês, Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, LIBS) e sua principal característica está no uso de pulsos de laser como fonte de energia para vaporizar a amostra e excitar a emissão de radiação eletromagnética, a partir de seus elementos e/ou fragmentos moleculares. A radiação emitida é analisada por meio de instrumentos ópticos de alta resolução e as suas intensidades são medidas, usualmente com detectores rápidos de estado sólido. Em conjunto, esses dispositivos permitem a geração e a medida de um espectro de emissão de faixa ampla do fenômeno induzido pelo pulso de laser. O espectro registrado contém informação qualitativa e quantitativa que pode ser correlacionada com a identidade da amostra ou empregada na determinação da quantidade de seus constituintes. Essa revisão é dividida em quatro partes. A primeira aborda aspectos históricos da técnica e os conceitos teóricos relevantes associados com LIBS; então, os aspectos práticos de diversas abordagens experimentais e instrumentais empregadas na implementação da técnica são revistos de forma crítica; as aplicações encontradas na literatura, incluindo aquelas que empregam quimiometria, são classificadas e exemplificadas por meio de trabalhos relevantes recentemente publicados. Finalmente, uma tentativa de estabelecer uma avaliação global e as perspectivas futuras para a técnica é apresentada.This review describes the fundamentals, instrumentation, applications and future trends of an analytical technique that is in its early stages of consolidation and is establishing its definitive niches among modern spectrometric techniques. The technique has been named Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and its main characteristic stands in the use of short laser pulses as the energy source to vaporize samples and excite the emission of electromagnetic radiation from its elements and/or molecular fragments. The emitted radiation is analyzed by high resolution optics and the intensities are recorded, usually by fast triggered solid state detectors. Together, these devices allow producing and registering a wide ranging emission spectrum of the short-lived phenomenon induced by the laser pulse. The spectrum contains qualitative and quantitative information which can be correlated with sample identity or can be used to determine the amount of its constituents. This review is divided in four parts. First, the relevant historical and theoretical concepts associated with LIBS are presented; then the main practical aspects of the several experimental and instrumental approaches employed for implementation of the technique are critically described; the applications related in the literature, including those making use of chemometri...

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“…In recent years, the technique has been used for a wide variety of purposes (e.g., environmental monitoring, industrial process control and analysis of explosives, plant materials, geochemical and archaeological samples, etc.). [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] Vol. 20, No.…”

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Gunshot residues: screening analysis by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Silva¹,

Cortez²,

Pasquini³

et al. 2009

J. Braz. Chem. Soc.

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A espectroscopia de emissão em plasma induzido por laser (LIBS) foi avaliada para a detecção de resíduos de disparo de arma de fogo (GSR) nas mãos de um suspeito. Para desenvolver o procedimento, 114 amostras foram obtidas pressionando um pequeno pedaço de fita adesiva contra a região dorsal das mãos de não-atiradores, atiradores após o disparo e de atiradores após terem lavado as mãos com sabão e água. As fitas foram analisadas diretamente em um equipamento LIBS baseado em um policromador echelle com resolução temporal construído em laboratório. Os espectros foram obtidos a partir da aplicação de um único pulso de laser em 20 locações diferentes, espalhadas uniformemente sobre a superfície da fita, para assegurar uma amostragem eficiente na detecção de resíduos de disparo. Os espectros mostram uma assinatura com linhas de emissão características de bário e chumbo. Quando os dados espectrais foram submetidos à técnica de reconhecimento de padrão SIMCA (Modelagem Independente e Flexível por Analogia de Classe), atiradores e não-atiradores foram corretamente classificados. O método baseado em LIBS e SIMCA demonstrou ser não-destrutivo da evidência do crime e permitiu discriminar as amostras coletadas de voluntários não-atiradores e atiradores, mesmo após a lavagem das mãos.Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is further developed for the detection of gunshot residue (GSR) on the hands of a suspected shooter. To develop the procedure, 114 samples were obtained by pressing a small piece of adhesive tape against the dorsal region of the hands of nonshooters, of shooters just after firing a weapon, and of shooters after washing their hands with soap and water. The tapes were analyzed directly in a time-resolved echelle based LIBS system, assembled in the laboratory, and 20 single laser pulses, spread uniformly on the tape surface, were shown to be enough to ensure the detection of true positives. The spectra obtained by LIBS from the tape present a signature with emission lines that are attributed to barium and lead. After the spectral data was submitted to a pattern recognition method SIMCA (Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy), shooters and non-shooters were corrected classified. The method based on LIBS and SIMCA has been demonstrated to be non-destructive of crime evidence and enabled discrimination between the samples collected from non-shooter volunteers and shooter volunteers before and after washing their hands.Keywords: laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, gunshot residues, SIMCA, screening analysis, LIBS IntroductionGunshot residues (GSR) evidence has been considered essential during recent decades in forensic science as it makes it possible to determine if a suspect has fired, been in crime location or come into contact with a firearm.Despite the recent advances in the production of the so called clean ammunitions and well sealed guns, the use of cheap and widespread standard fire arms and propulsive charge remains associated with the majority of hand-armed crimes.1 At the moment of shooting ...

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Laser Spectrometric Techniques in Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Axner

Galbács

2012

Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry

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The main purpose of this article is to describe the theory, instrumentation, and analytical performance of laser analytical atomic spectrometry, focusing on absorption, fluorescence, and ionization techniques. The structure of the article is such that it first provides an outline of the theory of light‐matter interactions that prevail for each type of technique as well as of the most common modulation techniques, primarily, wavelength modulation (WM). This is followed by a section that covers the most important types of instrumentation used. The article finally provides a detailed discussion on the specific instrumentation, mode of operation, use, performance, and applications (both analytical and diagnostic) of each technique. In terms of laser atomic absorption, the focus of the discussion is on the use of approaches to enhance the detection capability by either reducing the amount of noise (as is done by the wavelength modulation absorption spectrometry (WMAS) technique) or by providing an extended interaction length (giving rise to cavity‐enhanced absorption spectrometry (CEAS) techniques in general, and cavity ring‐down spectrometry (CRDS) in particular). Laser atomic fluorescence techniques (often referred to as laser‐excited atomic fluorescence spectrometry ( LEAFS )) as well as laser ionization techniques (termed either laser‐enhanced ionization ( LEI ) or resonance ionization spectrometry ( RIS )) are also covered in some detail. It is shown that several of these techniques are capable of detecting a variety of elements in liquid samples down to low picogram per milliliter (pg mL −1 ) or parts‐per‐trillion (ppt) concentrations and in low femtogram amounts. Also other properties of the techniques, e.g. selectivity and linear dynamic range (LDR), are in general superior to those of conventional (nonlaser‐based techniques).

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Comparing several atomic spectrometric methods to the super stars: special emphasis on laser induced breakdown spectrometry, LIBS, a future super star

Abstract: The "super stars" of analytical spectrometry, ETA-AAS, ICP-AES, and ICP-MS, are compared to the other atomic spectrometric methods. LIBS will be emphasized with regard to its figures of merit with regard to its disadvantages and advantages.

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