SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR SECURITY, FORENSIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR SECURITY, FORENSIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH SENSITIVITY HEAVY METAL DETECTION IN THE LIQUID PHASE

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PREVIOUS WORK

3. LA-LIF TECHNIQUE

4. SAMPLE CONCENTRATION ON POROUS SURFACES

5. SAMPLE CONCENTRATION BY ELECTROLYTIC TECHNIQUES

6. FUTURE DIRECTIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: APPLICATION OF LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. APPLICATION OF LIBS TO GASEOUS CO2 MEASUREMENT

3. APPLICATION OF LIBS TO TOTAL CARBON MEASUREMENT IN SOIL

4. APPLICATION OF LIBS TO SUBSURFACE BRINE MEASUREMENT

5. NEW DIRECTIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: LASER SPECTROSCOPY FOR NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE

3. LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: PHOTOACOUSTIC AND PHOTOTHERMAL DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES AND HARMFUL CHEMICALS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BASIC PROCESSES IN PA & PT SPECTROSCOPY

3. PA & PT SPECTROSCOPY METHODS

4. STANDOFF AND POINT DETECTION OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IN THE FIELD

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: MONITORING OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS USING LIBS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. LIBS EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

3. COMPARISON OF LIBS TO CONVENTIONAL ATOMIC EMISSION TECHNIQUES AND LIMITATIONS

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: APPLIED MICROWAVE ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY

3. MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

4. QUANTUM MECHANICAL DERIVATION OF ROTATIONAL ENERGY

5. MICROWAVE SPECTROMETERS

6. FOURIER TRANSFORM MICROWAVE (FTMW) SPECTROSCOPY

7. APPLICATIONS

8. THE DEVELOPMENTOF A MICROWAVE BASED TRACE GAS SENSOR

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS: VARIOUS FACETS OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

1. INTRODUCTION: THE DETECTION CHALLENGE

2. RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND EXPLOSIVES DETECTION

3. SPATIALLY OFFSET RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

4. MULTIPLY AMPLIFIED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (MARS)

5. CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: VANADIUM OXIDES FOR ENERGY AND SECURITY APPLICATIONS

1.1. INTRODUCTION

1.2. SMART MATERIALS

1.3. THERMAL DETECTORS

1.4. METAMATERIALS

RESONANCE TUNING USING VANADIUM OXIDES: A RECENT PROGRESS

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES IN SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING

3. SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES IN LIDAR REMOTE SENSING

4. AIR MONITORING BY IR/UV SPECTROSCOPY

5. MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY

6. MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE

7. FUTURE SCOPE

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: RARE EARTH SPECTROSCOPY FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND SENSOR APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BRIEF ABOUT RE SPECTROSCOPY

3. CLEAN ENERGY APPLICATION

SENSORS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 11: RARE EARTH DOPED MATERIALS FOR TEMPERATURE SENSORS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

3. TEMPERATURE SENSING PERFORMANCE OF RARE EARTH DOPED MATERIALS

4. TEMPERATURE SENSING USING TWO CLOSE LYING LEVELS OF DIFFERENT RARE EARTH IONS

5. OPTICAL HEATING GENERATED BY THE EXCITATION SOURCE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 12: ADVANCES IN INFRARED (IR) SENSORS FOR SECURITY, FORENSICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. IR RADIATIONS AND IMAGERS

3. INFRARED (THERMAL) IMAGERS

4. BASIC ELEMENTS OF IR IMAGING

5. PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS OF THERMAL IMAGER

6. EMERGING TRENDS

7. TYPICAL CASE STUDY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

8. APPLICATION IN FORENSICS: DETECTION OF TRACE MATERIALS BY INFRARED IMAGING

9. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION DETECTION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 13: DISSOCIATION OF A CO MOLECULE INDUCED BY 10 KEV ELECTRONS: KINETIC ENERGY RELEASE DISTRIBUTIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND DATA ANALYSIS

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

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