ANALYTICAL SPECTROSCOPY
AES - Optional Readings

• Analytical Chemistry, 58, 1139A - 1149A (1986).
  -Overview of sources suitable for emission spectrochemical analysis of solutions
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy, 42, 4 - 11 (1988).
  -Historical treatment of plasma sources (from arcs & sparks to ICPs)
  
  

Flames

• Treatise: pp. 631 - 693 (Flame Emission Spectrometry)
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy, 40(1), xix - xxvii (1986).
  -History of flame excitation sources

Arc Sources

• Applied Spectroscopy, 31(4), 273 - 283 (1977).
  -Review of DCP ("plasma jet") sources

Spark Sources

• Applied Spectroscopy, 23(4), 317 - 331 (1969).
  -An historical perspective of sparks as excitation sources
  
  
• Science, 198(4319), 787 - 797 (1977).
  -A detailed "picture" of high-voltage spark sources
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 59(20), 1185A - 1196A (1987).
  -Discusses not only sparks, but also some of the newer pulsed plasma sources
  
  
• Journal of Physical Chemistry, 100, 3646-3651 (1996)
  -"Spark-gap atomic emission microscopy" - spark emission coupled with a scanning tunneling microscope!

ICP's

• Science, 202, 183 - 191 (1978).
  
  
• CRC Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 7, 203 - 296 (1978).
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 59(23), 1345A - 1354A (1987).
  -A review of ICP sources for AES
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 63(1), 12A - 21A (1991).
  -Assessment of elemental analysis with ICP sources
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 68(15), 469A - 474A (1996).
  -A review of fundamental studies of ICP's for AES and MS
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy, 51(5), 158A - 175A (1997).
  -A review of the fate of individual droplets in ICP's
  
  
• Talanta, 57(3), 425-451 (2002)
  -A review of laser ablation methods for solid sample introduction with ICP's

MIP's

• Analytical Chemistry, 48(7), 611A (1976).
  -A relatively early discussion of microwave plasma sources
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy, 35(4), 357 (1981).
  -A detailed theoretical and practical treatment of microwave plasmas
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 60(19), 1089A - 1098A (1988).
  -While not limited to MIP sources, this presents MIP's in their most useful context
  
  
• Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 27(3), 199-255 (1997)
  -Detailed review of microwave plasma atomic emission sources (since 1985)

Glow Discharges

• Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 10(2), 210 - 255 (1975).
  
  
• Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2, 537 - 542 (1987).
  -A good brief overview of glow discharge plasmas
  
  
• Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2, 661 - 681 (1987).
  -A detailed review of low pressure plasma sources
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 62, 943A-949A (1990).
  -A review of analytical glow discharge methods
  
  
• Spectrochimica Acta, Part B, 44B, 1117-1124 (1989).
  -Description of a jet-assisted glow discharge source
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy, 46, 1762-1768 (1992).
  -Characterization of a planar magnetron glow-discharge device
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 66(18), 902A - 911A (1994).
  -Review of rf-Powered Glow Discharges
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy, 49(7), 12A - 19A (1995).
  -Review of Glow Discharge Atomic Spectroscopy
  
  
• Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 13(10), 1159-1165 (1998)
  -Direct comparison of fundamental properties of rf- and dc-glow discharge sources

Lasers

• Journal of Chemical Education, 59, 441 - 445 (1982).
  -Basic introduction to Lasers
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 47(8), 752A (1975).
  -Tunable Lasers
  
  
• Analytical Chemistry, 52(9), 988A (1980).
  -Laser Properties
  
  
• Progress in Analytical Spectroscopy, 9, 335 - 427 (1986).
  -A detailed and comprehensive review of lasers and laser plasmas
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy, 49(9), 14A - 28A (1995).
  -Review of laser ablation for spectrochemical analysis
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 32, 183 (1997)
  -Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) review
  
  
• Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 37, 89-117 (2002)
  -Review of instrumentation for LIBS
  
  
• Spectrochimica Acta, Part B, 57(7), 1115-1130 (2002)
  -Review of recent experimental approaches towards quantitative LIBS

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