TrAC: trends in analytical chemistry, vol. 17 nos. 8&9, Sept/October 1998

Special Issue: Lasers in Analytical Chemistry

• Editorial, by Benjamin W. Smith, University of Florida
• Recent trends and the future of laser-induced plasma spectroscopy, by D.A. Rusak, B.C. Castle, B.W. Smith and J.D. Winefordner, University of Florida
• Laser ablation sampling, by R. Russo, X. Mao and O.V. Borisov, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) applied to biological macromolecules,by J. Gross and K. Strupat, University of Muenster
• Laser-induced fluorescence detection in microcolumn separations, by L. Tao and R.T. Kennedy, University of Florida
• Laser remote sensing, U. Panne, Technical University of Munich
• Optical measurements on the nanometer scale, by W. Tan, University of Florida
• Elemental analysis by diode laser spectroscopy, by A. Zybin, C. Schnürer-Patschan, M.A. Bolshov and K. Niemax, Institute of Spectrochemistry, Dortmund
• Progress toward a better understanding of signal generation in laser-excited photothermal spectroscopy of homogeneous samples, S. Bialkowski, Utah State University
• Progress in laser excited atomic fluorescence spectrometry, by X. Hou, P. Stchur, K.X. Yang and R.G. Michel, University of Connecticut
• Laser photofragmentation/fragment detection techniques for chemical analysis of the gas phase, J. Simeonson, University of Iowa
• Supersonic jet multiphoton-ionization mass spectrometry using a femtosecond laser, T. Imasaka, Kyushu University
• Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy using metallic nanostructures, T. Vo Dinh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory