In the past decades various categories of chemometrics for laser-induced breakdown
spectroscopy (LIBS) analysis have been developed, among which an important category is …

The detection of explosives and explosive related illicit materials is an important area for
preventing terrorist activities and for putting a check on their deleterious effects on health. A …

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 …

Laser‐induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has emerged as a promising technique for
both quantitative and qualitative analysis of elements in a wide variety of samples. However …

In this review we discuss the application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to
the problem of detection of residues of explosives. Research in this area presented in open …

A review of standoff detection technologies for explosives has been made. The review is
focused on trace detection methods (methods aiming to detect traces from handling …

Explosives analysis has a significant practical application in the areas of national public
security, anti-terrorism, stability maintenance, criminal investigation, national defense and …

Despite many advantages of laser sampling in analytical atomic spectrometry, the signal
intensity of these hyphenated methods suffers from the specific influences resulting from the …

Optical emission of laser-produced plasmas from solids, liquids, and gases, from their
fundamentals to their potential applications, has been comprehensively reported in multiple …

We review the different spectroscopic techniques including the most recent laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for the characterization of materials in any phase (solid …