LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY IN BIOLOGICAL, FORENSIC AND MATERIALS SCIENCES Preface Part I. Fundamentals Chapter 1.: G. Galbács: Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Chapter 2.: J.P. Castro, R.C. Machado, D.F. Andrade, D.V. de Babos, E.R. Pereira-Filho, J.A. Garcia, M.A. Sperança, R.R. Gamela, V.C. Costa: Quantitative analysis Chapter 3.: I. Gornushkin: Calibration-free quantitative analysis Chapter 4.: G. Galbács, D.J. Palásti, P.M. Janovszky: State-of-the-art analytical performance Part 2. Applications Chapter 5.: L. Sancey, V. Motto-Ros, B. Busser: Preclinical evaluation of nanoparticle behavior in biological tissue Chapter 6.: P. Pořízka, P. Modlitbová, J. Kaiser: Imaging of biological tissues Chapter 7.: N. Sushkov: Qualitative discrimination of biological materials Chapter 8.: A. de Giacomo, M. Dell'Aglio: Nanoparticle-enhanced LIBS for biological applications Chapter 9.: A. Metzinger, Zs. Szoldán: Analysis of forensic trace evidence Chapter 10.: Z. Gajarska, L. Brunnbauer, H. Lohninger, A. Limbeck: Advanced polymer characterization Chapter 11.: P. Purohit, C. Alvarez-Llamas, J. Moros, J. Laserna: Materials characterization by laser-induced plasma acoustics and spectroscopy