title: North American Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (NASLIBS): introduction to feature issue.
abstract: This feature issue highlights the topics of the 2011 North American Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (NASLIBS). These include LIBS application to Security and Forensic, Biomedical and Environmental, Liquid Analysis and Fundamentals of LIBS, Instrumentation/Commercialization, Fusion with LIBS, and New Frontiers.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clean Energy Technology (ICET), Mississippi State University, 205 Research Boulevard, Starkville, Mississippi 39759-7704, USA. singh@icet.msstate.edu
authors.forename: Jagdish P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Almirall
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabsabi
authors.forename: Andrzej W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Miziolek
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D007834:Lasers; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*