Minakshi Dhoru (Assistant Professor), Maitri Parikh & Krunal Detholia (Assistant Professor)
Smt. S. M. Shah Pharmacy College, Mahemdavad, Gujarat, India.
Abstract
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a technique that provides an accurate in
situ quantitative chemical analysis and, thanks to the developments in new spectral processing
algorithms in the last decade, has achieved a promising performance as a quantitative
chemical analyser at the atomic level. These possibilities along with the fact that little or no
sample preparation is necessary have expanded the application fields of LIBS. In this paper,
we review the state of the art of this technique, its fundamentals, algorithms for quantitative
analysis or sample classification, future challenges, and new application fields where LIBS
can solve real problems.