Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Biological, Forensic and Materials Sciences

Part 1: Fundamentals.- Chapter 1: Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.- Chapter 2 : Quantitative analysis.- Chapter 3: Calibration-free quantitative analysis.- Chapter 4: State-of-the-art analytical performance.- Part 2: Applications.- Chapter 5: Preclinical evaluation of nanoparticle behavior in biological tissue.- Chapter 6: Imaging of biological tissues.- Chapter 7: Qualitative discrimination of biological materials.- Chapter 8: Nanoparticle-enhanced LIBS for biological applications.- Chapter 9: Analysis of forensic trace evidence.- Chapter 10: Advanced polymer characterization.- Chapter 11: Materials characterization by laser-induced plasma acoustics and spectroscopy.

Gábor Galbács is a full professor and the head of the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Szeged, Hungary. He holds MSc diplomas in chemistry, physics and environmental sciences, as well as PhD, CSc and DSc degrees in analytical chemistry. He has over 30 years of experience in analytical spectroscopy research, focusing mainly on laser and plasma spectroscopy. Fundamental and applied research in laser induced breakdown spectroscopy has been one of his main research topics since 1999. Other fields where he also has a significant scientific activity includes inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), diode laser atomic spectroscopy, spark plasma spectroscopy, nanoparticle synthesis and characterisation by plasma techniques and development of sample introduction devices and methods. He has co-authored several international book chapters, review papers as well as university textbooks in the above fields. He has published nearly one hundred papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, authored over 250 conference papers, and supervised almost 100 theses. During his carrier, he spent over three years in Belgium and the USA as a visiting researcher and has active work connections with several research groups located all over Europe.