Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Analysis for the Energy and Environmental Industries
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 260
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Every year brings more exciting applications and literature concerning laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a scientific analysis technique. The steady march of technological improvements where subsystems and components become smaller, more efficient, and less costly has had a dramatic effect on the speed with which LIBS is being applied and validated in many fields of interest. The one area that remains one of the more difficult modes of measurement for LIBS is the measurement and analysis of liquid samples. Researchers from around the world have risen to the challenge with many different interesting engineering solutions to the problem of liquid measurements and have shown the viability of many workable solutions proven within a wide variety of environmental conditions. It has been incredibly exciting to watch the development of all the different solutions that have been shown to either prove a certain technique is possible or to show that improvements can be made by the application of another technique. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the current state-of-the-art techniques in LIBS measurement of liquids. The scope of this Special Issue includes all direct and indirect measurement of liquids whereby atomic emission is produced by the excitation of a sample with a pulsed laser and/or any enhancements applied to the LIBS measurement of liquid samples.
Dr. Dustin L. McIntyre
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liquid LIBS
- underwater LIBS
- subsea LIBS
- liquid jet LIBS
- nebulizer LIBS
- liquid substrate LIBS
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