Issue 10, 2024

A novel spectral standardization method capable of eliminating the influence of plasma morphology to improve LIBS performance

Abstract

The poor spectral stability of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) seriously affects its analytical performance, which is a key obstacle to its further development. To overcome this challenge, an improved spectral standardization method based on plasma image-spectrum fusion (ISS-PISF) was proposed in this study. This method, for the first time, considers and quantifies the influence of plasma morphology on spectral intensity based on the line-integrated intensity formula of LIBS spectra. It recognizes that the spectral fluctuations mainly stem from variations in total number density, plasma temperature, electron number density, and plasma morphology. Therefore, ISS-PISF innovatively utilizes easily accessible features from plasma images and spectra to eliminate the influence of these four plasma parameters, thereby improving the spectral stability and analytical performance of LIBS. To validate the effectiveness of this method, the spectra of aluminum alloy samples obtained under complex detection conditions simulated by varying laser energy and defocusing amount were analyzed. After correction by ISS-PISF, the R2 for Mg I 516.73 nm, Mn II 294.92 nm, and Si I 288.16 nm improved to 0.990, 0.976, and 0.961, and the average RMSE of the validation set decreased by 46.154%, while the average STD of the validation set decreased by 37.405%. These experimental results indicate that this study provides a simple, effective, and physically supported spectral standardization method, which contributes to the further promotion and application of LIBS.

Graphical abstract: A novel spectral standardization method capable of eliminating the influence of plasma morphology to improve LIBS performance

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 ⵢⵓⵏ 2024
Accepted
01 ⵖⵓⵛ 2024
First published
02 ⵖⵓⵛ 2024

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024,39, 2402-2408

A novel spectral standardization method capable of eliminating the influence of plasma morphology to improve LIBS performance

D. Zhang, Z. Chen, J. Nie, Y. Chu and L. Guo, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39, 2402 DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00203B

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