Analytical Sciences

Sensitive Quantitative Analysis of Strontium in Microdroplet by Surface-enhanced Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Using Porous Silicon

Yusuke SHIMAZU, Ayumu MATSUMOTO, Haruka NAKANO, and Shinji YAE

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan

Surface-enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (SELIBS) is a promising method for microanalysis of liquid samples. We previously demonstrated that the SELIBS signal was significantly enhanced by using porous silicon (Si) instead of flat Si. In this work, we dried aqueous droplets containing 1 – 200 ppb strontium (Sr) on porous Si substrates and evaluated the quantitative performance by analyzing the dry residues. A linear calibration curve for the Sr quantification (R² = 0.998) was obtained and an LOD was 0.67 ppb.

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