Forensic investigations are often reliant on physical evidence to reconstruct events
surrounding a crime. However, there remains a need for more objective approaches to …

The present manuscript makes an extensive review of the scientific approaches developed
in the last decade involving infrared and Raman spectroscopy combined with chemometrics …

The present study offers a rapid and non-destructive approach for wood identification
utilizing Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) analytical …

Blood is key evidence to reconstruct crime scenes in forensic sciences. Blood identification
can help to confirm a suspect, and for that reason, several chemical methods are used to …

In forensic sciences, blood is a shred of essential evidence for reconstructing crime scenes.
Blood identification and classification may help to confirm a suspect, although several …

We present, rapid and efficient identification of ten different types of post-consumer plastics
obtained from a local recycling unit by deploying a low cost, compact CCD spectrometer in …

The chemical profiling of bloodstains is essential to link the suspect with the crime. The
current study proposed a proof-of-concept methodology for the investigation of bloodstains …

Traces of body fluids discovered at a crime scene are a primary source of DNA evidence.
Raman spectroscopy is a promising universal technique for identifying biological stains for …

During criminal case investigations, blood evidence tracing is critical for criminal
investigation. However, the blood stains are often cleaned or covered up after the crime …

Bloodstains discovered at crime scenes can provide crucial information to an investigation.
By obtaining a DNA-profile from the bloodstain, it can be used to link someone to a crime …