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Milica held an invited lecture at 39th Workshop of International School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
The 39th Workshop of International School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy on “Tracks on Photonics: Advanced materials, devices and methods” was held from 4th – 9th July 2025 in Erice, Italy. Milica was invited to give an invited lecture on her work on diagnostics of Laser Induced Plasma of complex liquid samples. Title of the talk was: Interrogating complex liquid samples with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: fundamental aspects and analytical applications and the abstract of the talk is given below:
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) has become an increasingly valuable technique for rapid, in-situ elemental analysis, offering minimal sample preparation and real-time analysis capabilities. While LIBS is well-established for solid materials, its application to liquids presents unique challenges that require specialized approaches [1]. This lecture will examine the principles and practical implementation of LIBS for liquid analysis, focusing on the physical and analytical difficulties inherent to the liquid phase. The main experimental approach that we adopted is Surface-Enhanced LIBS (SENLIBS), in which liquid-to-solid conversion is obtained by depositing and drying the liquid sample on solid substrates with carefully chosen physical properties, so to maximize the laser-substrate coupling [2]. We will also present preliminary results obtained with two variants of SENLIBS, i.e., Nanoparticle-Enhanced LIBS (NELIBS) [3] and Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS)-enhanced LIBS, in which nanostructures are deposited or generated on the substrates prior to the liquid deposition. Finally, we will present two case studies, i.e., detection of heavy metals in oils and elemental analysis of biomedical fluids, to demonstrate the practical applications and performance of LIBS in complex liquid matrices.
References
[1] K. Keerthi, Sajan D. George, Suresh D. Kulkarni, Santhosh Chidangil, V.K. Unnikrishnan, Elemental analysis of liquid samples by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS): Challenges and potential experimental strategies, Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 147, 2022, 107622.
[2] M.A. Aguirre, S. Legnaioli, F. Almodóvar, M. Hidalgo, V. Palleschi, A. Canals, Elemental analysis by surface-enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy combined with liquid–liquid microextraction, Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, Volumes 79–80, 2013, Pages 88-93.
[3] Z. Salajková, M. Dell’Aglio, V. Gardette, A. De Giacomo, Nanoparticle-Enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, in Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). Concepts, Instrumentation, Data Analysis and Applications, ed. V. K. Singh, D. K. Tripathi, Y. Deguchi and
Z. Wang, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (UK), 2023.
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Milica gave a lecture on 17th Photonics Workshop
17th Photonics Workshop was held from 10th – 14th March at the Ski Resort Kopaonik. Milica was invited to give a lecture on her work on diagnostics of Laser Induced Plasma from thin oil film. The talk was entitled Diagnostics of laser-induced plasma from a thin oil film.
Ivan took part in this year ITER International School held in Aix – en – Provence
It is our great pleasure to report that Ivan was accepted to participate in this year ITER International School 2023. The topic of the summer school was Energetic Particles in Fusion Plasmas, where the school gathered leading experts in this filed that gave lectures to the students. Part of the summer school was also dedicated to the visit of ITER site, where students had the opportunity to see the site and to hear recent advances in the construction of the largest tokamak so far.
PSL media experts
This autumn semester, the Institute of Physics hosted the first Media Laboratory*, a free school of scientific journalism. Two of our members, Milica and Biljana, have passed this course.
*Note: link is only available in Serbian.
Fusion Days@BG
Miloš co-organized new edition of nuclear fusion summer school “Fusion Days@BG”, held in small hall of Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation (Belgrade, Serbia) between 25th and 29th September.
For more details visit the following link.
Ivke and prof. Konjević on the opennig:
EUROfusion in Serbia
Prof. Škorić and Prof. Kuraica organized a meeting dedicated to present EUROfusion related activities in Serbia. The lectures were held in Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts on 13th and 14th June 2016. EUROfusion was represented by Programme Manager Tony Donné and Chair of General Assembly Jerome Pamela.
Here, Ivke presented what could be role of the Laboratory in the fusion research. Full presentation can be found here.
For more details visit the following link.
