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Trace elemental analysis by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy - Biological applications

  • Jozef Kaiser
  • , Karel Novotný
  • , Madhavi Z. Martin
  • , Aleš Hrdlička
  • , Radomír Malina
  • , Martin Hartl
  • , Vojtěch Adam
  • , René Kizek

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    Abstract

    Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is a sensitive optical technique capable of fast multi-elemental analysis of solid, gaseous and liquid samples. Since the late 1980s LIBS became visible in the analytical atomic spectroscopy scene; its applications having been developed continuously since then. In this paper, the use of LIBS for trace element determination in different matrices is reviewed. The main emphasis is on spatially resolved analysis of microbiological, plant and animal samples.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)233-243
    Number of pages11
    JournalSurface Science Reports
    Volume67
    Issue number11-12
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Dec 10 2012

    Funding

    This work was supported by the grants ME09015 and MSM0021622411 of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic and by the project “CEITEC—Central European Institute of Technology ” ( CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068 ) from European Regional Development Fund. Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE) , Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research program through the Consortium for Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the DOE under Contract DEAC05-00OR22725. The authors also wish to express their thanks for financial support to NANIMEL GA CR 102/08/1546 . Moreover, the authors thank very much to Lucie Krajcarova, Pavlina Sobrova and Petr Koudelka for excellent technical assistance.

    Keywords

    • Animal tissues
    • Bacteria
    • Cancer
    • LIBS
    • Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
    • Mapping
    • Phytoremediation
    • Plant
    • Trace elements

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