Two dimensional elemental mapping by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

NOVOTNÝ, Jan, Karel NOVOTNÝ, David PROCHAZKA, Aleš HRDLIČKA and Jozef KAISER. Two dimensional elemental mapping by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectroscopy europe. 2014, vol. 26, No 6, p. 6-10. ISSN 0966-0941.

Basic information

• Original name: Two dimensional elemental mapping by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
• Name in Czech: Dvourozměrné prvkové mapování pomocí spektroskopie laserem buzeného plazmatu
• Authors: NOVOTNÝ, Jan (203 Czech Republic), Karel NOVOTNÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), David PROCHAZKA (203 Czech Republic), Aleš HRDLIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jozef KAISER (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Spectroscopy europe, 2014, 0966-0941.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10406 Analytical chemistry
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/14:00095772
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: LIBS; Mapping; Trace elements
• Tags: neMU, NZ, podil, RIV, rivok

Abstract

Laser-Induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) a relatively young technique of atomic emission spectroscopy, uses as its excitation source a focused laser pulse and this effective combination brings to the field of elemental analysis a number of significant advantages. Although the first LIBS analysis happened shortly after the construction of the first laser in 1962, development at a much larger scale occurred at the beginning of the 1980s mainly due to the production of modern powerful Nd:YAG lasers and charge coupled device (CCD) detectors. Today, LIBS is the subject of ever increasing interest due to its speed, relatively simple instrumentation setup, no demands for a sample preparation and the possibility to determine most of the periodic table elements, along with other attributes. LIBS can be used to perform a spatial resolved analysis, thus is capable of being used for depth profiling and surface mapping. Surface mapping and creating so-called “chemical maps” (or “chemical images” of the analysed sample) are presented here as an example of LIBS applications.

Links

• ED1.1.00/02.0068, research and development project: Name: CEITEC - central european institute of technology