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Direct Real-Time Determination of Compositional Profiles in Structured Materials Using Laser Ablation Instruments: LIBS and LA-ICP-MS

Publication Type

Conference Paper

Date Published

06/2012

Authors

Bol'shakov, Alexander A., Jong-Hyun Yoo, Jhanis J. Gonzalez, Chunyi Liu, Richard E. Russo

DOI

10.1364/AIO.2012.ATu1A.1

Abstract

Laser ablation offers rapid micro-analysis with spatial resolution ~10 nm in depth, ~3 μm lateral. Structured materials are mapped, depth-profiled for elemental and isotopic composition using LIBS or LA-ICP-MS without dissolving samples. Molecular structure can be inferred by chemometric processing.

Journal

Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology

Year of Publication

2012

Organization

Laser Technologies Group, Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division