Hongsheng Xu, Yang Wang, Yongsheng He, Shan Ke, Rui An, Yinchu Zhang, Aiying Sun, Dongye Teng, Siyi Yang, Mingjing Geng and Yijia Zhao
{"title":"Precise determination of stable (δ88/86Sr) and radiogenic (87Sr/86Sr) strontium isotopic compositions using 94Zr/90Zr for mass bias correction","authors":"Hongsheng Xu, Yang Wang, Yongsheng He, Shan Ke, Rui An, Yinchu Zhang, Aiying Sun, Dongye Teng, Siyi Yang, Mingjing Geng and Yijia Zhao","doi":"10.1039/D5JA00501A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5JA00501A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The combination of stable and radiogenic strontium (Sr) isotopes offers a novel perspective for distinguishing between source and process signatures among geological samples. Here, we applied a combined Zr doping (<small><sup>94</sup></small>Zr/<small><sup>90</sup></small>Zr) and standard-sample-bracketing method (termed Zr-doped SSB) for mass bias correction during Sr isotope measurement. Prior to isotope analysis, Sr was purified using a two-step column procedure, achieving a total Sr yield exceeding 99%. Matrix elements such as Rb, Ba, Eu, Yb, and Ca were reduced to negligible levels, well below the matrix/Sr thresholds that would induce a significant analytical bias, as determined by doping experiments. <em>δ</em><small><sup>88/86</sup></small>Sr and <small><sup>87</sup></small>Sr/<small><sup>86</sup></small>Sr were simultaneously measured by the Zr-doped SSB method. The calibration strategy employed the optimized regression model, relying on the observed linear relationship between ln<small><sup>88</sup></small>Sr/<small><sup>86</sup></small>Sr and ln<small><sup>94</sup></small>Zr/<small><sup>90</sup></small>Zr. Through replicate measurements of Sr standard solutions (GSB Sr and NIST SRM 987) and geological reference materials (GRMs) (<em>e.g.</em>, IAPSO, BHVO-2, and AGV-2), long-term precision was found to be better than 0.03‰ (2SD) for <em>δ</em><small><sup>88/86</sup></small>Sr and 3 × 10<small><sup>−5</sup></small> (2SD) for <small><sup>87</sup></small>Sr/<small><sup>86</sup></small>Sr. These results were comparable to those acquired by <small><sup>92</sup></small>Zr/<small><sup>90</sup></small>Zr correction and the DS technique and better than those obtained using <small><sup>91</sup></small>Zr/<small><sup>90</sup></small>Zr correction. The accuracy was verified by (i) near-zero Δ<small><sup>88/86</sup></small>Sr<small><sub>measured-recommended</sub></small> (−0.014 ± 0.019‰, 2SD, <em>n</em> = 23) and Δ<small><sup>87</sup></small>Sr/<small><sup>86</sup></small>Sr<small><sub>measured-recommended</sub></small> (0.000007 ± 20, 2SD, <em>n</em> = 23) for synthetic solutions made by mixing NIST SRM 987 with Sr-free matrices from GRMs; (ii) consistency between the measured and literature values for GRMs. Using the established method, Sr isotopic compositions of 12 GRMs including igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks were reported for the first time to facilitate further inter-laboratory comparison and data quality control. The Zr-doped SSB method using <small><sup>94</sup></small>Zr/<small><sup>90</sup></small>Zr can serve as a robust alternative for the simultaneous precise determination of <em>δ</em><small><sup>88/86</sup></small>Sr and <small><sup>87</sup></small>Sr/<small><sup>86</sup></small>Sr, especially when the presence of certain matrices (<em>e.g.</em>, W, Cr, and V) compromises the validity of <small><sup>92</sup></small>Zr/<small><sup>90</sup></small>Zr and <small><sup>91</sup></small>Zr/<small><sup>90</sup></small>Zr c","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 4","pages":" 1528-1541"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Björn Meermann, Lyndsey Hendriks and Lukas Schlatt
{"title":"Fast transient signals – getting the most out of multidimensional data","authors":"Björn Meermann, Lyndsey Hendriks and Lukas Schlatt","doi":"10.1039/D6JA90006B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D6JA90006B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >A graphical abstract is available for this content</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 3","pages":" 817-818"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147388513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haoyang Yu, Haonan Xie, Qian Huang, Zhaohui Jiang, Dong Pan and Weihua Gui
{"title":"Ensemble deep kernel PLS regression method for full-spectrum multi-component LIBS quantitative analysis of Mars surface oxides","authors":"Haoyang Yu, Haonan Xie, Qian Huang, Zhaohui Jiang, Dong Pan and Weihua Gui","doi":"10.1039/D6JA00040A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D6JA00040A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Accurately quantitative analysis of Martian surface oxides is crucial for reconstructing its geological evolution history and habitability assessment. Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) has demonstrated remarkable capability for quantitative compositional analysis of complex samples, such as Martian rocks and soils. However, traditional multivariate regression methods are difficult to capture the complex nonlinear relationships in LIBS data, while deep learning methods frequently suffer from high data dependency and low interpretability. To overcome this issue, this paper proposes a novel transparent and lightweight deep partial least square chemometric method inspired by deep learning, referred to as Ensemble Deep Kernel Partial Least Squares (EDKPLS). The model consists of multiple cascaded partial least squares modules with a radial basis function kernel inserted to capture nonlinear couplings between spectral lines. A latent variable ensemble strategy is utilized to alleviate the computational burden of latent variable selection and enhance predictive stability and generalization. To further improve the overall performance of the model, a multi-branch modeling approach is adopted, along with a dynamically weighted score function for parameter optimization. The proposed EDKPLS method is evaluated on the ChemCam LIBS dataset to validate its regression performance. The results across multiple analyzed components demonstrate that EDKPLS achieves lower RMSE and MAE values and higher <em>R</em><small><sup>2</sup></small> compared to several representative baseline methods. Its interpretability is enabled by leveraging a back-projection method to trace the contribution of the original wavelengths to the prediction. This work presents a novel lightweight and interpretable deep modeling framework, which serves as an effective alternative chemometric tool for the analysis of Mars surface oxides using LIBS data.</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 4","pages":" 1240-1254"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A direct solid sampling approach for fluorine determination via ETV/ICP-QQQ-MS","authors":"Vera M. Scharek, Heike Traub and Björn Meermann","doi":"10.1039/D6JA00014B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D6JA00014B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Organic fluorine sum parameters are used to detect F-containing pollutants, <em>e.g.</em>, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), in the environment, within materials, or for monitoring technical processess, <em>e.g.</em>, thermal decomposition of PFAS during municipal waste incineration. However, established approaches determining the extractable organic and adsorbable organic fluorine content (EOC and AOC) require laborious and error-prone sample preparation. We report a solid sampling-electrothermal vaporization (ETV) method for direct fluorine measurement based on the formation of [<small><sup>138</sup></small>Ba<small><sup>19</sup></small>F]<small><sup>+</sup></small> with an inductively coupled plasma-triple quadrupole-mass spectrometer (ICP-QQQ-MS). Method development involved the instrumental setup for Ba introduction and fluorine-specific tuning of lens and collision-reaction cell (CRC) parameters. An inorganic fluorine fraction was detected in a cyclonic dust sample from a municipal waste incineration plant as a peak above a broad background signal. The content was estimated through standard addition using a NaF solution to 2300 µg g<small><sup>−1</sup></small>. With a limit of detection (LOD) of 130 µg g<small><sup>−1</sup></small>, which was below the reported value for an electrothermal vaporization/inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ETV/ICP-MS) approach, acquiring [<small><sup>19</sup></small>F]<small><sup>+</sup></small>. The method's potential for fractionation analysis was demonstrated by analyzing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) powder.</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 6","pages":" 2005-2011"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2026/ja/d6ja00014b?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148202886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Varsha S, Prabhakar Srivastav, Yukti Goel, Milaan Patel, Hem Chandra Joshi and Jinto Thomas
{"title":"On the enhanced Balmer emission of hydrogen in a helium capacitively coupled radio frequency (CCRF) plasma","authors":"Varsha S, Prabhakar Srivastav, Yukti Goel, Milaan Patel, Hem Chandra Joshi and Jinto Thomas","doi":"10.1039/D5JA00496A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5JA00496A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The present study investigates the observation of the hydrogen Balmer series emission in a capacitively coupled radio frequency (CCRF) helium plasma using optical emission spectroscopy (OES). Experimental evidence suggests that helium metastables transfer energy to trace amounts of water vapor present in the vacuum chamber. The plausible mechanism is the energy exchange between metastable helium and water molecules <em>via</em> Penning ionization. This occurs because the energy of helium metastables exceeds the dissociation energy of a water molecule and the ionization energy of hydrogen. The hydrogen ions that are formed subsequently combine with electrons in the plasma, resulting in the emission of the Balmer series during the subsequent relaxation process. The intensity observed in the Balmer lines indicates unconventional ratios between them, demonstrating a strong dependence on neutral pressure and RF power. This phenomenon is indicative of the role of the energetic tail population. The observation reveals a direct correlation between the intensity of Balmer line emission and the electron density. In order to comprehend the dependence of helium metastables on the Balmer series intensity, the collisional radiative (CR) model is employed to estimate the metastable population enhancement under the present experimental conditions. The observed enhancement can be attributed to the increase in metastable densities and the radiative recombination processes. The results of this study hold significant potential for applications, in addition to providing a fundamental understanding of energy transfer between the metastables of helium and water vapor.</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 4","pages":" 1505-1516"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Boyang Xue, Weihong Sun, Yu Bai, Zhangjun Wang, Chao Chen, Xianxin Li, Xiufen Wang and Yi You
{"title":"Laser energy modulation in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of marine aerosols: unraveling energy-coupling pathways and improving quantitative analysis","authors":"Boyang Xue, Weihong Sun, Yu Bai, Zhangjun Wang, Chao Chen, Xianxin Li, Xiufen Wang and Yi You","doi":"10.1039/D5JA00522A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5JA00522A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Recent advances in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) have enabled rapid, online analysis of atmospheric aerosols. Direct LIBS quantification of marine aerosols, however, remains challenging due to the occlusion of particles within water droplets, which alters energy deposition and plasma formation. Here, we use laser pulse energy as an external perturbation to introduce an additional energy dimension into aerosol-LIBS spectra, and couple this modulation with two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS) to probe phase-dependent energy-coupling pathways. The results show that solid-phase aerosols mainly follow a direct “laser–particle interaction”, whereas liquid-phase aerosols are governed by a “plasma–particle interaction” initiated by water dissociation and subsequent air-plasma formation. This transition makes LIBS quantification particularly challenging for liquid-phase aerosols. Compared to conventional univariate calibrations, curves built from laser-energy-modulated 2D-COS intensities can track the dynamics of aerosol dissociation and excitation, resulting in markedly improved analytical sensitivity. To further tackle the multivariate and nonlinear nature of LIBS quantification, we build a multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLP-ANN) using spectra collected under single-energy and energy-modulated conditions. The results indicate that high-dimensional spectra improve stability and enhance prediction robustness. Thus, laser energy modulation combined with high-dimensional spectral analysis offers a practical route to both clarify phase-dependent energy coupling and improve the sensitivity, stability, and accuracy of direct LIBS quantification of marine aerosols.</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 4","pages":" 1480-1491"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Le Zhang, Guanhong Zhu, Fangfang Huang, Jiajun Gao, Pengli He, Yonghua Cao, Yan-Qiang Zhang and Xiang-Li Ding
{"title":"Determination of the Li isotopic ratio in spodumene by LA-MC-ICP-MS","authors":"Le Zhang, Guanhong Zhu, Fangfang Huang, Jiajun Gao, Pengli He, Yonghua Cao, Yan-Qiang Zhang and Xiang-Li Ding","doi":"10.1039/D6JA00032K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D6JA00032K","url":null,"abstract":"<p >As a primary lithium-bearing mineral, the <em>in situ</em> microanalysis of lithium isotopic composition in spodumene by LA-MC-ICP-MS provides important insights into the formation of pegmatite-type lithium deposits. This study presents a detailed evaluation of the effects of water vapor addition to the laser carrier gas and potential matrix effects on lithium isotope analysis by LA-MC-ICP-MS. Furthermore, we comprehensively assessed the lithium isotope homogeneity of three natural spodumene megacrysts (SpdLi-N1, SpdLi-N2, and SpdLi-N3) and one synthetic spodumene glass (HPLi-G1). The results indicate that the addition of water vapor did not significantly affect instrumental sensitivity but notably reduced carrier gas consumption. No significant matrix effect was observed between the synthetic glass and natural spodumene samples. LA-MC-ICP-MS analyses revealed homogeneous lithium isotope ratios for SpdLi-N1, SpdLi-N2, SpdLi-N3, and HPLi-G1, with <em>δ</em><small><sup>7</sup></small>Li values of 12.89 ± 0.43‰ (2SD, <em>n</em> = 72), 12.38 ± 0.51‰ (2SD, <em>n</em> = 80), 12.48 ± 0.40‰ (2SD, <em>n</em> = 82), and 4.68 ± 0.49‰ (2SD, <em>n</em> = 18), respectively. These values are consistent with those obtained by solution MC-ICP-MS (12.85 ± 0.31‰, 12.29 ± 0.31‰, 12.37 ± 0.35‰, and 4.74 ± 0.30‰). The homogeneous Li isotopic compositions suggest that all four samples presented in this study can serve as primary reference materials for <em>in situ</em> Li isotope analysis by LA-MC-ICP-MS.</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 4","pages":" 1461-1467"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas Roth, Francesca Quinto, Markus Plaschke, Karin Hain, Peter Steier, Natalia Palina, Sylvia Moisei-Rabung and Horst Geckeis
{"title":"First application of Actinide Resin in the preparation of water samples for multi-actinide analysis with accelerator mass spectrometry","authors":"Thomas Roth, Francesca Quinto, Markus Plaschke, Karin Hain, Peter Steier, Natalia Palina, Sylvia Moisei-Rabung and Horst Geckeis","doi":"10.1039/D5JA00487J","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5JA00487J","url":null,"abstract":"<p >A novel sample preparation procedure for highly sensitive concurrent analysis of <small><sup>236</sup></small>U, <small><sup>237</sup></small>Np, <small><sup>239</sup></small>Pu and <small><sup>240</sup></small>Pu from river and sea water samples with Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) was developed. A selective extraction chromatography resin, instead of Fe(OH)<small><sub>3</sub></small> co-precipitation, is used to separate the actinides as a group from most of the matrix elements for “multi-actinide analysis” with AMS, as previously published [Quinto <em>et al.</em>, Analytical Chemistry, 2015, 253, 451–458]. The new extraction method has been tested on two environmental water systems, which differ substantially in terms of salinity, namely, 2 L Rhine river water samples collected in the vicinity of the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and 250 mL surface sea water samples from the vicinity of the La Hague nuclear reprocessing plant (NRP). In addition, aliquots from the CRM IAEA-443 (Irish Sea water) are analysed for method validation. It is observed that extraction chromatography yields results that are consistent with the use of Fe(OH)<small><sub>3</sub></small> co-precipitation for multi-actinide analysis and can increase the signal count rates of the AMS detector for sample systems where co-precipitation would concurrently precipitate significant amounts of sample matrix, diluting the analytes in the final AMS target material. The novel method can be applied to ultra-trace analysis of low-volume samples, such as environmental samples contaminated by global fallout and nuclear installations.</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 4","pages":" 1397-1410"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2026/ja/d5ja00487j?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mengsheng Zhang, Yifan Cheng, Yuguo Liu, Chen Niu, Linling Wang and Lianbo Guo
{"title":"Wide and deep network-based spectral fusion of LIBS–NIRS for enhancing soil organic carbon estimation accuracy","authors":"Mengsheng Zhang, Yifan Cheng, Yuguo Liu, Chen Niu, Linling Wang and Lianbo Guo","doi":"10.1039/D5JA00405E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5JA00405E","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Rapid and accurate soil organic carbon (SOC) estimation is essential for assessing soil fertility and health. Although near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has demonstrated tremendous application potential in SOC estimation, its inherent characteristics of weak absorption signals and overlapping spectral bands limit prediction accuracy and reliability. Here, we propose a spectral fusion technique that enhances estimation accuracy by integrating elemental information from laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) with molecular information from NIRS. We designed a Wide and Deep (W&D) dual-branch spectral fusion network for LIBS and NIRS information integration: the wide branch processes LIBS elemental features through a shallow linear layer, the deep branch extracts NIRS molecular features through a convolutional neural network, and both branches are collaboratively trained to achieve complementary feature fusion. Experimental results demonstrate that element–molecule feature fusion significantly improves SOC prediction accuracy. Compared to the optimal single-spectrum model, the W&D model reduces prediction errors by 0.168 g kg<small><sup>−1</sup></small> (29.07%) and 0.187 g kg<small><sup>−1</sup></small> (29.00%) on the test and external test sets, respectively. SHAP interpretability analysis reveals that effectively integrating elemental features (C, CN, and K) from LIBS with functional group features (C–H and O–H) from NIRS is the key driver of accuracy improvement. This study provides a novel solution for accurate SOC estimation and highlights the tremendous potential of spectral fusion techniques in soil property sensing.</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 4","pages":" 1420-1429"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiujiang Yan, Mingjun Zhou, Ke Liu, Yang Li, Jinxiu Ma, Zhong Zheng and Geng Zhang
{"title":"Research progress and challenges of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technology in the field of marine exploration","authors":"Jiujiang Yan, Mingjun Zhou, Ke Liu, Yang Li, Jinxiu Ma, Zhong Zheng and Geng Zhang","doi":"10.1039/D5JA00343A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5JA00343A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >With the increasing demand for marine resources, the existing marine exploration technologies face multiple challenges. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technology is highly anticipated in the field of marine exploration due to its advantages of a wide detection range, high speed, minimal sample damage, and non-contact <em>in situ</em> detection. It can be used to monitor the elemental composition of seawater, seabed sediments, and marine organisms in real time, providing a scientific basis for the rational development of marine resources and environmental protection. However, the application of LIBS technology in the field of marine exploration suffers from challenges such as limitations in underwater laser transmission characteristics, complexity of marine environments, complexity of marine samples, and limitations in systematization, integration, and miniaturization technologies. To overcome these challenges, researchers have conducted in-depth research into the physical mechanisms, integrated systems, data analysis methods, and applications of LIBS technology. The research, application, and development of LIBS technology in ocean exploration over the past decade are reviewed in this article, and its future development potential is explored.</p>","PeriodicalId":81,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry","volume":" 4","pages":" 1181-1198"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}