SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE

List of the Poster session

The young participant winner of the bet poster prize was F.J Fortes with the poster entitled “Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of solid aerosols produced by optical catapulting” (authors F.J. Fortes, L.M. Cabalín, J.J. Laserna), a mention as second and third classified was given to G. Gallou and L. A. Álvarez Trujillo, respectively.

Keynotes and conclusions of the ROUND TABLE

List of Participants (it requires a password. In order to obtain it please send a mail to emslibs@enea.it

Topics
Aim of the conference is to raise the attention of participants on all what relevant to up-to-date LIBS development. Topics covered include: laser-matter interaction, fractionation and matrix effect, plasma characterization and dynamics, advances in instrumentation, and different applications (cultural heritage, industry, nuclear reactors, bio-medicine, etc…).

Invited lectures will be also dedicated to some of these topics, according to the following list:

Fundamentals

• Ultrafast laser ablation: laser-matter interaction, plasma characterization and nanoparticle generation (S. Amoruso – Naples University,  I)
• Laser ablation: fractionation and aerosol dynamics  (J. Koch – ETH Zurich, CH)
• Multivariate correction in atomic spectrometry with laser sampling (N. B. Zorov – Moscow State University,  RUS)
• Spectroscopic diagnostics of laser induced plasma (N. Konjevic – Belgrade University, RS)

Applications

• LIBS applications to nuclear fusion technology (A. Semerok – CEA, F)
• Characterization of materials in heritage elements by LIBS (M. Castillejo – CSIC, SP)
• LIBS as a tool for bio-medical diagnostics (M. A. Harith – Cairo University, EG)
• Industrial LIBS applications - achievements and new perspectives (R. Noll – Fraunhofer Institute Aachen, D)

Instrumentation

• Laser sources for spectroscopy: state of art and future developments (G. Piccinno - Bright Solutions, IT)
• Optical diagnostics in characterization of laser induced colliding plasmas (J. Costello - Dublin University, IR)
• Current LIBS instrumental limitations combined with statistics (U. Panne - BAM, D)

Main conference topics, grouped in different sessions, are listed in the preliminary scientific program where the schedule of the invited speakers is already reported. The final number of talk relevant to each session will be fixed after receiving all contributions.

Short courses will cover topics of general interest for LIBS data analysis and applications. They are addressed to PhD students and specialists in the field and aimed to supply the most recent tools. The lecture list is:

• The assessment of local thermal equilibrium in laser induced plasmas: beyond the McWhirter criterion (N. Omenetto, University of Florida, USA)
• Electronic excitation and thermodynamic properties of LTE plasmas : a few level approach (M. Capitelli, Bari University, IT)
• Multivariate linear regression methods to develop calibration models in atomic spectroscopy, including LIBS (J. Andrade  A Corunna University, SP)
• Standardization in LIBS measurements (U. Panne - BAM, D)

Topics proposed for sessions

• LIBS fundamentals
• Double and multiple pulse laser ablation
• Calibration procedures for quantitative analysis
• Advances in LIBS technique (ultrashort pulse, LIBS in liquids, …)
• Plasma modeling
• LIBS for low pressure in situ diagnostics (fusion reactors, space, …)
• LIBS applications at atmospheric pressure (biomedical, security, environment, …)
• Microdestructive LIBS (application to Cultural heritage materials)
• Advances in plasma diagnostics
• LIBS Industrial applications
• Data processing and chemometrics
• Advances in LIBS instrumentation