Issue 8 is our themed issue highlighting work presented at the 14th European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, which took place in Zaragoza, Spain, 30 January – 4 February 2011.
This Editorial by Juan Castillo and Martin Resano gives us an overview of the meeting:
Editorial: The 14th European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
Juan R. Castillo and Martín Resano
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1559-1560
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA90031E
The front cover shows work by Jorge Pisonero and colleagues, using pulsed-RF-GD-TOFMS to look at ultra-thin layers.
Minor elements determination and evaluation of diffusion/segregation effects on ultra-thin layers using pulsed-RF-GD-TOFMS
J. Pisonero, A. Licciardello, A. Hierro-Rodríguez, C. Quirós, A. Sanz-Medel and N. Bordel
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1604-1609
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10075K
The inside front cover features the work of Heidi Goenaga-Infante and co-workers on determining levels of arsenic in tobacco.
Determination of total arsenic and arsenic speciation in tobacco products: from tobacco leaf and cigarette smoke
Sutthinun Taebunpakul, Chuan Liu, Christopher Wright, Kevin McAdam, Julien Heroult, Julian Braybrook and Heidi Goenaga-Infante
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1633-1640
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00268B