Research progress and challenges of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technology in the field of marine exploration

Jiujiang Yan, Mingjun Zhou, Ke Liu, Yang Li, Jinxiu Ma, Zhong Zheng and Geng Zhang

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, 41, 1181
DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00343A

Recent advances in chemical composition imaging operation based on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Shangyong Zhao, Yuchen Zhao, Yujia Dai, Ziyuan Liu, Zongyu Hou, Xun Gao and Zhe Wang

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2025, 40, 665
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00314D

Atomic Spectrometry Update – a review of advances in environmental analysis

Jeffrey R. Bacon, Owen T. Butler, Warren R. L. Cairns, Jennifer M. Cook, Regina Mertz-Kraus and Julian. F. Tyson

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2019, 34, 9
DOI: 10.1039/C8JA90044B

Preliminary study of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for Mg/Ca investigation in cultured scallop shells

Yuandong Li, Yangfan Wang, Shi Wang, Ronger Zheng, Zhenmin Bao and Yuan Lu

Journal of Laser Applications, 2023, 35
DOI: 10.2351/7.0000937

Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi‐disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications

Vincent Mouchi, C. Fred T. Andrus, Antonio G. Checa, Mary Elliot, Erika Griesshaber, Niklas Hausmann, Damien Huyghe, Franck Lartaud, Melita Peharda and Niels J. de Winter

Limnol Oceanogr Letters, 2025, 10, 179
DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10461

Extensive elemental mapping unlocks Mg/Ca ratios as climate proxy in seasonal records of Mediterranean limpets

N. Hausmann, A. L. Prendergast, A. Lemonis, J. Zech, P. Roberts, P. Siozos and D. Anglos

Sci Rep, 2019, 9
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39959-9

Annual Growth Patterns and Interspecimen Variability in Mg/Ca Records of Archaeological Ostrea edulis (European Oyster) from the Late Mesolithic Site of Conors Island

Niklas Hausmann, Harry K. Robson and Chris Hunt

Open Quaternary, 2019, 5
DOI: 10.5334/oq.59

Confirmation of Mg/Ca ratios as palaeothermometers in Atlantic limpet shells

Niklas Hausmann, Donna Surge and Ivan Briz i Godino

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2024, 655, 112538
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112538

Sr/Ca ratio analysis of seashells using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy under objective-lens focusing and single-lens focusing

Yuandong Li, Yuan Lu, Yunjiao Lan, Ying Li, Jinjia Guo and Ronger Zheng

Appl. Opt., 2018, 57, 3539
DOI: 10.1364/AO.57.003539

Advances in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy analysis for geology: A critical review

Cécile Fabre

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2020, 166, 105799
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2020.105799

A comparative analysis of elemental imaging of marine mollusc shells using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Jesús Mirapeix, Rosa Arniz-Mateos, Danai Theodoraki, Asier García-Escárzaga, Víctor Piñon, Igor Gutierrez-Zugasti, Niklas Hausmann and Adolfo Cobo

Microchemical Journal, 2025, 213, 113756
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2025.113756

Identification of Cu in <i>Crassostrea virginica</i> Tissue Using the Technique of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

Xochitl Patricia Urrutia-Meza, Fabio Felipe Chalé-Lara and Rogelio Ortega-Izaguirre

OPJ, 2021, 11, 51
DOI: 10.4236/opj.2021.113004

Identification of wood specimens utilizing fs-LIBS and machine learning techniques

Alexandros Sarafis, Theofanis Gerodimos, Emmanouil Kechaoglou, Dimitrios F. Anagnostopoulos and Constantine Kosmidis

Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys., 2024, 99, 11
DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2024230215

Translation-free LIBS imaging based on a dual-axis laser scanning galvanometer system

Rui Dong, Wangquan Ye, Luyu Yang, Zhenghao Guo, Ye Tian, Yuan Lu and Ronger Zheng

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2025, 233, 107290
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2025.107290

Preservation by Record of Ireland’s Shell Middens: Citizen Science Practice and Pedagogy

Rory Connolly and Alan Healy

LGSP, 2025
DOI: 10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2025/02/008

Evidence for seawater Mg/Ca and dietary control on Mg incorporation in oyster shells

Marie Pesnin, Laurent Emmanuel, Amélie Guittet, Boris Eyheraguidel, Gaëtan Schires, Julien Normand and Vincent Mouchi

Chemical Geology, 2026, 707, 123305
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2026.123305

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in heritage science

Demetrios Anglos

Physical Sciences Reviews, 2019, 4
DOI: 10.1515/psr-2018-0005

Fast quantitative elemental mapping of highly inhomogeneous materials by micro-Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

S. Pagnotta, M. Lezzerini, B. Campanella, G. Gallello, E. Grifoni, S. Legnaioli, G. Lorenzetti, F. Poggialini, S. Raneri, A. Safi and V. Palleschi

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2018, 146, 9
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2018.04.018

Seasonality of shellgathering from δ18O analysis and the role of marine molluscs in Mesolithic coastal economies of Atlantic Europe

Rosa Arniz-Mateos, Asier García-Escárzaga, Roberto Suárez-Revilla, Leon J. Clarke, Manuel R. González-Morales, Geoffrey N. Bailey and Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti

Quaternary Science Reviews, 2026, 376, 109812
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109812

Methodology and applications of elemental mapping by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

A. Limbeck, L. Brunnbauer, H. Lohninger, P. Pořízka, P. Modlitbová, J. Kaiser, P. Janovszky, A. Kéri and G. Galbács

Analytica Chimica Acta, 2021, 1147, 72
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.12.054

Visualising and quantifying Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca heterogeneity in the isochronous growth increments of bivalve shells (Tridacna)

Bohao Dong, Niklas Hausmann, Laura M. Otter, Russell N. Drysdale and Amy L. Prendergast

Chemical Geology, 2025, 696, 123109
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123109

3D microanalysis of iron segregation based on picosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy imaging

Shoujie Li, Zixiong Qin, Jingjun Lin, Lihui Ren, Yuan Lu, Zhenzhen Wang, Ronger Zheng and Yoshihiro Deguchi

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2025, 234, 107340
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2025.107340

Application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and neural networks on archaeological human bones for the discrimination of distinct individuals

Panagiotis Siozos, Niklas Hausmann, Malin Holst and Demetrios Anglos

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2021, 35, 102769
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102769

Comparison of Mg/Ca concentration series from Patella depressa limpet shells using CF-LIBS and LA-ICP-MS

Marina Martínez-Minchero, Adolfo Cobo, Ana Méndez-Vicente, Jorge Pisonero, Nerea Bordel, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Patrick Roberts, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, José Valdiande, Jesús Mirapeix, José Miguel López-Higuera and Asier García-Escárzaga

Talanta, 2023, 251, 123757
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123757

Tracking organic matrix in the seashell by elemental mapping under laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Lihui Ren, Shoujie Li, Wangquan Ye, Qi Lv, Yuxin Sun, Xuan Zhou, Shanshan Lian, Jia Lv, Shi Wang, Jinjia Guo, Ye Tian, Ronger Zheng and Yuan Lu

Talanta, 2024, 271, 125658
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.125658

Improvement of the spatial resolution of the spatial mapping of metallic coatings by using picosecond LIBS

Zhenzhen Wang, Sijie Shen, Yuta Arima, Chi Li, Wangzheng Zhou, Shoujie Li, Junjie Yan and Yoshihiro Deguchi

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2024, 220, 107016
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2024.107016

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for coins analysis

Silvana Mico and Sara Hidri

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 2026, 141
DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-026-07313-4

A key to seasonal shellfish exploitation: Elemental mapping of Mg/Ca ratios in Lutruwita (Tasmania) Cellana limpets

Fleur King, Amy L. Prendergast, Emmy Frost, Georgia L. Stannard, Jillian Garvey, Richard Cosgrove, Russell N. Drysdale and Niklas Hausmann

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2025, 674, 113023
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113023

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Imaging for Material and Biomedical Applications: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

Vincent Gardette, Vincent Motto-Ros, César Alvarez-Llamas, Lucie Sancey, Ludovic Duponchel and Benoit Busser

Anal. Chem., 2023, 95, 49
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04910

High-resolution microanalysis of steel samples segregation based on picosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy imaging

Shoujie Li, Zixiong Qin, Yuan Lu, Ruidong Jia, Zhenzhen Wang, Yoshihiro Deguchi and Ronger Zheng

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2024, 219, 107002
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2024.107002

CFNet: Cross-modal data augmentation empowered fuzzy neural network for spectral fluctuation

Aojun Gong, Weihua Huang, Yongkai Xiao, Yuan Yu and Lianbo Guo

Knowledge-Based Systems, 2024, 304, 112450
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2024.112450

Online ultrasonic nebulizer assisted laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (OUN-LIBS): An online metal elements sensor for marine water analysis

Mingda Sui, Yansheng Fan, Lili Jiang, Yuanyuan Xue, Jie Zhou and Shilei Zhong

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2021, 180, 106201
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2021.106201

Multi-regional calibration of Patella caerulea as a palaeothermometer using oxygen isotope values and Mg/Ca ratios

Danai Theodoraki, Marcello A Mannino, Amy L Prendergast, Bernd R Schöne and Niklas Hausmann

The Holocene, 2026, 36, 37
DOI: 10.1177/09596836251378034

Mg/Ca profiles within archaeological mollusc (Patella vulgata) shells: Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy compared to Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry

Asier García-Escárzaga, Leon J. Clarke, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Manuel R. González-Morales, Marina Martinez, José-Miguel López-Higuera and Adolfo Cobo

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2018, 148, 8
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2018.05.026

Virtual sampling: Archaeological implications of a new technique for elemental mapping of Mg/Ca ratios in marine mollusc shells

Jesús Mirapeix, Rosa Arniz-Mateos, Asier García-Escárzaga, Igor Gutierrez-Zugasti, José Miguel López-Higuera and Adolfo Cobo

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2025, 173, 106123
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106123

Seasonality from Mg/Ca Ratios of Prehistoric Shellfish Exploitation ( Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758) at the Haua Fteah (Libya, North Africa)

Rosa Arniz-Mateos, Chris O. Hunt, Graeme Barker and Niklas Hausmann

Environmental Archaeology, 2026, 1
DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2026.2639149

Applying laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and elemental imaging on marine shells for archaeological and environmental research

Niklas Hausmann, Danai Theodoraki, Victor Piñon, Panagiotis Siozos, Andreas Lemonis and Demetrios Anglos

Sci Rep, 2023, 13
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46453-w

Review of the recent advances and applications of LIBS-based imaging

L. Jolivet, M. Leprince, S. Moncayo, L. Sorbier, C.-P. Lienemann and V. Motto-Ros

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2019, 151, 41
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2018.11.008

High-throughput microanalysis of steel segregation using picosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Shoujie Li, Zixiong Qin, Yuan Lu, Lihui Ren, Jingjun Lin, Zhenzhen Wang, Yoshihiro Deguchi and Ronger Zheng

Talanta, 2025, 295, 128229
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2025.128229

Seasonality at prehistoric Franchthi: the use of large sample sets

Danai Theodoraki and Niklas Hausmann

Archaeol Anthropol Sci, 2026, 18
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-026-02509-2