European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry (EWCPS) 2015

The 2015 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry will feature a host of sessions, stimulating the discussion around the following plasma related topics: 

• Fundamentals and mechanisms
• Plasma source instrumentation
• Sample introduction
• Laser assisted plasma spectrochemistry
• LIBS
• Elemental speciation
• Stable isotope analyses
• Nanomaterial analysis
• Applications

The University of Münster and the European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis (EVISA)  invite you to participate in the European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry - EWCPS 2015 - taking place February 22 to 26, 2015 in Münster, Germany.

The conference will focus on the major topics in analytical plasma spectrochemistry, such as: fundamentals and instrumentation, sample introduction techniques into plasma, hyphenated techniques using plasma sources for detection, stable isotope analysis, laser ablation and elemental imaging, elemental speciation, applications of plasma spectrometry, quality control and validation methods.

The highly stimulating program features an exceptional format including plenary, keynote and submitted talks as well as poster sessions that span multiple topics, but have plasma spectrochemistry as its foundation. A number of short courses organized by world leading scientists and manufacturers`  seminars will be proposed to the participants. Also, an exhibition of instrument and equipment manufacturers and publishers of scientific literature will be an important part of the meeting. In addition, a wide range of social events will accompany the scientific program providing ample opportunities to interface with colleagues from around the world.

The organizers have negotiated with the Royal Society of Chemistry who have committed as a media sponsor of this symposium. We are pleased to announce that our recommended avenue for manuscript publication resulting from the presentations is in a special issue in the RSC journal, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS).

Submitted papers, based on oral or poster presentations given at the meeting, will be considered for publication as original research papers in JAAS (i.e. full papers and urgent communications).

Manuscripts should be submitted after the Symposium via the journal website, www.rsc.org/jaas, using the RSC electronic file upload service. Submitted manuscripts should be in the format laid out in the "Instructions to Authors" available on the website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ja).

The submission deadline will be 10th April 2015. Every effort will be made to include all accepted papers in the themed issue; however, any accepted papers not processed in time will be published in the next available printed JAAS issue, and included with the web collection of articles from the conference on the JAAS website.

Each manuscript deemed suitable for consideration as a submission will be reviewed following the standard procedure and will only be accepted if they conform to the normal high standards required for publication in the journal.

Accepted papers will be published on the RSC website as Advance Articles as soon as they are ready. The printed issue is provisionally scheduled to be published in August 2015.

The highly stimulating scientific program features an exceptional format including plenary, keynote and submitted talks. Participants will also find  poster sessions that spans multiple disciplines, but has plasma source detection, as its foundation.

The 2015 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry will feature a host of sessions, stimulating the discussion around the following topics:

• Fundamentals, instrumentation, and mechanisms
• Plasma source instrumentation
• Sample introduction and transport phenomena.
• Laser assisted plasma spectrochemistry
• Laser-induced breakdown spectrometry
• Elemental speciation, metallomics
• Stable isotope analyses
• Sample preparation for plasma spectrochemical analysis
• Environmental and biological sciences
• Earth, marine, and geological sciences
• Advanced materials, surfaces, and interfaces
• Nanomaterial analysis and characterization
• Petroleum and semiconductor materials