Our Publications

R. A. Multari and D. A. Cremers, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) as a Potential Tool for Food Safety, Chapter 3, Food Poisoning Outbreaks, Bacterial Sources, and Adverse health Effects, Paresh C. Ray editor, Nova Publishers, New York, 2015. 

R. A. Multari, D. A. Cremers, M. L. Bostian, J. M. Dupre, and J. E. Gustafson, Proof of Principle for a Real-Time Pathogen Isolation Media Diagnostic: The Use of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Discriminate Bacterial Pathogens and Antimicrobial-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Grown on Blood Agar,  J. of Pathogens,  Volume 2013, Article ID 898106, 2013.

R. A. Multari, D. A. Cremers, M. L. Bostian, J. M. Dupre, and J. E. Gustafson, Detection of Biological Contaminants on Foods and Food Surfaces Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS),  J. Agric. Food Chem., 61 (36), pp 8687–8694, 2013.

R. A. Multari, D. A. Cremers, T. Scott, and P. Kendrick, Detection of Pesticides and Dioxins in Tissue Fats and Rendering Oils Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), J. Agric. Food Chem., vol. 61 No. 10, 2348–2357, 2013.

R. A. Multari, D. A. Cremers, and M. L. Bostian, Use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for the differentiation of pathogens and viruses on substrates, Applied Optics, Vol. 51, No. 7, 2012.

A. M. Ollila, J. Lasue, H. E. Newsom, R. A. Multari, R. C. Wiens, and S. M. Clegg, Comparison of two partial least squares-discriminant analysis algorithms for identifying geological samples with the ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument, Applied Optics, Vol. 51, No. 7, 2012.

R. A. Multari, D. A. Cremers, J. M. Dupre, and J. E. Gustafson, The Use of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Distinguishing Between Bacterial Pathogen Species and Strains, Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 64, No. 7, 2010.

R. Chinni, D. A. Cremers, R. A. Multari, Analysis of material collected on swipes using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Applied Optics, Vol. 49, No. 13, 2010.

R.A. Multari, L.E. Foster, D.A. Cremers, and M.J. Ferris, Effect of Sampling Geometry on Elemental Emissions in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 50, No. 12, 1996.

R.A. Multari and D.A. Cremers, Time-Resolved Images of Cr (I) Plasma Emissions for Non-Normal Incidence, IEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1996.

Additional publications from Dr. David Cremers maybe found at this link.