Publication detail

Application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to the analysis of algal biomass for industrial biotechnology

POŘÍZKA, P. PROCHAZKA, D. PILÁT, Z. KRAJCAROVÁ, L. KAISER, J. MALINA, R. NOVOTNÝ, J. ZEMÁNEK, P. JEŽEK, J. ŠERÝ, M. BERNATOVÁ, S. KRZYŽÁNEK, V. DOBRANSKÁ, K. NOVOTNÝ, K. TRTÍLEK, M. SAMEK, O.

Original Title

Application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to the analysis of algal biomass for industrial biotechnology

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

We report on the application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to the determination of elements distinctive in terms of their biological significance (such as potassium, magnesium, calcium, and sodium) and to the monitoring of accumulation of potentially toxic heavy metal ions in living microorganisms (algae), in order to trace e.g. the influence of environmental exposure and other cultivation and biological factors having an impact on them. Algae cells were suspended in liquid media or presented in a form of adherent cell mass on a surface (biofilm) and, consequently, characterized using their spectra. In our feasibility study we used three different experimental arrangements employing double-pulse LIBS technique in order to improve on analytical selectivity and sensitivity for potential industrial biotechnology applications, e.g. for monitoring of mass production of commercial biofuels, utilization in the food industry and control of the removal of heavy metal ions from industrial waste waters.

Keywords

LIBS, Double-pulse, Water-jet, Algal biomass, Biotechnology

Authors

POŘÍZKA, P.; PROCHAZKA, D.; PILÁT, Z.; KRAJCAROVÁ, L.; KAISER, J.; MALINA, R.; NOVOTNÝ, J.; ZEMÁNEK, P.; JEŽEK, J.; ŠERÝ, M.; BERNATOVÁ, S.; KRZYŽÁNEK, V.; DOBRANSKÁ, K.; NOVOTNÝ, K.; TRTÍLEK, M.; SAMEK, O.

RIV year

2012

Released

26. 6. 2012

ISBN

0584-8547

Periodical

Spectrochimica Acta Part B

Year of study

74

Number

8

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

169

Pages to

176

Pages count

8

BibTex

@article{BUT92952,
  author="Pavel {Pořízka} and David {Prochazka} and Zdeněk {Pilát} and Lucie {Krajcarová} and Jozef {Kaiser} and Radomír {Malina} and Jan {Novotný} and Pavel {Zemánek} and Jan {Ježek} and Mojmír {Šerý} and Silvie {Bernatová} and Vladislav {Krzyžánek} and Kamila {Hrubanová} and Karel {Novotný} and Martin {Trtílek} and Ota {Samek}",
  title="Application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to the analysis of algal biomass for industrial biotechnology",
  journal="Spectrochimica Acta Part B",
  year="2012",
  volume="74",
  number="8",
  pages="169--176",
  doi="10.1016/j.sab.2012.06.014",
  issn="0584-8547"
}