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CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications

Series Editor
MARK F. VITHA

Editorial Board
Stephen C. Jacobson, Stephen G. Weber

VOLUME 185

About the Authors

Nelson G. C. Astrath, PhD, is professor of physics with the Department of Physics at Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Brazil) with interests in photothermal sciences and light and matter interaction effects. He is involved in multidisciplinary international projects for CAPES, CNPq, Fundação Araucária, Fulbright, and National Research Council Canada. He has published over 100 papers in a wide array of subjects.

Stephen E. Bialkowski, PhD, is professor of chemistry with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Utah State University (United States) with interests in atmospheric chemistry, spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, and optical signal processing. He has been involved in major projects for the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Fulbright, and others; he has published over 100 papers in a wide array of subjects.

Mikhail A. Proskurnin, PhD, DSc, is professor at the Chemistry Department of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. He received his PhD and DSc degrees from this university and was a visiting scientist in Tokyo University (1999–2000), FZK (Germany, 2002), and UAMS (AK, USA, 2012). He is a professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a member of the Scientific Council on Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the author and translator of 11 books, 6 patents, and 200 papers on photothermal spectroscopy and analytical chemistry. The scientific interests lie in photonics, analytical spectroscopy, and photothermal spectroscopy in analytical and physical chemistry and applied materials science and biomedical studies.