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Foli LP, Hespanhol MC, Cruz KAML, Pasquini C. Miniaturized Near-Infrared spectrophotometers in forensic analytical science - a critical review. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 315:124297. [PMID: 38640625 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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The advent of miniaturized NIR instruments, also known as compact, portable, or handheld, is revolutionizing how technology can be employed in forensics. In-field analysis becomes feasible and affordable with these new instruments, and a series of methods has been developed to provide the police and official agents with objective, easy-to-use, tailored, and accurate qualitative and quantitative forensic results. This work discusses the main aspects and presents a comprehensive and critical review of compact NIR spectrophotometers associated with analytical protocols to produce information on forensic matters.
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- Letícia P Foli
- Grupo de Análise e Educação para a Sustentabilidade, Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. P. H. Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Grupo de Análise e Educação para a Sustentabilidade, Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. P. H. Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Grupo de Análise e Educação para a Sustentabilidade, Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. P. H. Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Monteiro Lobato, 290, Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil.
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Giussani B, Gorla G, Riu J. Analytical Chemistry Strategies in the Use of Miniaturised NIR Instruments: An Overview. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2024; 54:11-43. [PMID: 35286178 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2022.2047607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Miniaturized NIR instruments have been increasingly used in the last years, and they have become useful tools for many applications on a broad variety of samples. This review focuses on miniaturized NIR instruments from an analytical point of view, to give an overview of the analytical strategies used in order to help the reader to set up their own analytical methods, from the sampling to the data analysis. It highlights the uses of these instruments, providing a critical discussion including current and future trends.
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- Barbara Giussani
- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Como, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Como, Italy
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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Gullifa G, Barone L, Papa E, Giuffrida A, Materazzi S, Risoluti R. Portable NIR spectroscopy: the route to green analytical chemistry. Front Chem 2023; 11:1214825. [PMID: 37818482 PMCID: PMC10561305 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1214825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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There is a growing interest for cost-effective and nondestructive analytical techniques in both research and application fields. The growing approach by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRs) pushes to develop handheld devices devoted to be easily applied for in situ determinations. Consequently, portable NIR spectrometers actually result definitively recognized as powerful instruments, able to perform nondestructive, online, or in situ analyses, and useful tools characterized by increasingly smaller size, lower cost, higher robustness, easy-to-use by operator, portable and with ergonomic profile. Chemometrics play a fundamental role to obtain useful and meaningful results from NIR spectra. In this review, portable NIRs applications, published in the period 2019-2022, have been selected to indicate starting references. These publications have been chosen among the many examples of the most recent applications to demonstrate the potential of this analytical approach which, not having the need for extraction processes or any other pre-treatment of the sample under examination, can be considered the "true green analytical chemistry" which allows the analysis where the sample to be characterized is located. In the case of industrial processes or plant or animal samples, it is even possible to follow the variation or evolution of fundamental parameters over time. Publications of specific applications in this field continuously appear in the literature, often in unfamiliar journal or in dedicated special issues. This review aims to give starting references, sometimes not easy to be found.
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- G. Gullifa
- Department of Chemistry, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Chavez Lozano MV, Catelli E, Sciutto G, Prati S, Genorini E, Mazzeo R. A non-invasive diagnostic tool for cellulose acetate films using a portable miniaturized near infrared spectrometer. Talanta 2023; 255:124223. [PMID: 36608424 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.124223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This article tests the suitability of a new method to monitor the degree of substitution of cellulose acetate films, by employing a compact and inexpensive near-infrared miniaturized spectrometer (908.1-1676.2 nm) that can be easily applied in situ. The present study compares the analytical performance of the proposed method against conventional diagnostic strategies based on benchtop micro-attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform Infrared (μATR -FTIR) measurements in the mid-infrared spectral range. The novel calibration function exploits the shifts in the first overtone of the hydroxyl stretching 2νOH band of probe materials and was created using a set of analytical standards with different degrees of substitution. The robustness of the method was assessed by application on a group of sixteen historical cinematographic films. The accurate condition assessment of these films was performed in situ, in a non-invasive manner. The proposed analytical procedure is quick and easy-to-implement, and therefore it constitutes a rapid method to guide conservation strategies regarding film storage and digitalization in cultural institutions, including museums and cinematheques. Potential applications on three-dimensional objects and industrial processes are possible.
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- Marco Valente Chavez Lozano
- University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", Ravenna Campus, Via Guaccimanni, 42-48121, Ravenna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", Ravenna Campus, Via Guaccimanni, 42-48121, Ravenna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", Ravenna Campus, Via Guaccimanni, 42-48121, Ravenna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", Ravenna Campus, Via Guaccimanni, 42-48121, Ravenna, Italy.
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- University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", Ravenna Campus, Via Guaccimanni, 42-48121, Ravenna, Italy
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Chen J, Liu S, Yin L, Cao H, Xi G, Zhang Z, Liu J, Luo R, Han L, Yin Y, Guo J. Non-destructive preservation state estimation of waterlogged archaeological wooden artifacts. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 285:121840. [PMID: 36115308 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Non-destructive preservation state estimation is an essential prerequisite for the preservation and conservation of waterlogged archaeological wooden artifacts. Herein, Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy coupled with orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) were applied to assess sixty-four waterlogged archaeological woods collected from seven excavation sites in the period range of 2900 BCE-1912 CE, aiming at developing a non-destructive, accurate and rapid preservation state estimation methodology. The role of non-decayed recent wood of relevant species on preservation state estimation was studied in prior, showing the use of non-decayed recent wood could not improve the predictive ability. Besides, the high variability in terms of chemical structure between archaeological softwoods and archaeological hardwoods did affect the preservation state estimation. Thus, a simple OPLS-DA model of non-destructively distinguishing archaeological hardwoods from softwoods, R2Xcum of 0.659, R2Ycum of 0.836 and Q2cum of 0.763, was established to avoid and overcome destructive approach for wood identification. Then, the well-defined three grouped separations of slightly-decayed, moderately-decayed and severely-decayed waterlogged archaeological woods were revealed in OPLS-DA models, providing R2Xcum of 0.793, R2Ycum of 0.738, Q2cum of 0.680, and R2Xcum of 0.780, R2Ycum of 0.901, Q2cum of 0.870, for waterlogged archaeological hardwoods and waterlogged archaeological softwoods respectively. Potential predictive wood spectral bands were screened and tentatively identified as hydroxyls of crystalline cellulose, acetyl groups of hemicelluloses, C-H bands of lignin, which guaranteed the elimination of non-structural compounds, such as water and inorganic components interference. Furthermore, the developed NIR methodology was validated by an extensively used destructive method consisting of anatomical characteristics, maximum water content and basic density analyses. The results indicated that NIR coupled to chemometrics could non-destructively and accurately predict the preservation states of waterlogged archaeological wooden artifacts and avoid the interference of water and inorganic deposits.
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- Jiabao Chen
- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China; Wood Collection of Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China; Wood Collection of Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China; Wood Collection of Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China
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- National Center of Archaeology, Heping Road No. 21, Beijing 100031, China; Institute of Cultural Heritage and History of Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Xueyuan Road No.30, Beijing 100083, China
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- National Center of Archaeology, Heping Road No. 21, Beijing 100031, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jiaogong Road No.71, Hangzhou 310012, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jiaogong Road No.71, Hangzhou 310012, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Cultural Heritage and History of Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Xueyuan Road No.30, Beijing 100083, China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China; Wood Collection of Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China; Wood Collection of Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dongxiaofu No.1, Beijing 100091, China.
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On-Line Thermally Induced Evolved Gas Analysis: An Update-Part 2: EGA-FTIR. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27248926. [PMID: 36558054 PMCID: PMC9788466 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27248926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The on-line thermally induced evolved gas analysis (OLTI-EGA) is widely applied in many different fields. Aimed to update the applications, our group has systematically collected and published examples of EGA characterizations. Following the recently published review on EGA-MS applications, this second part reviews the latest applications of Evolved Gas Analysis performed by on-line coupling heating devices to infrared spectrometers (EGA-FTIR). The selected 2019, 2020, 2021 and early 2022 references are collected and briefly described in this review; these are useful to help researchers to easily find applications that are sometimes difficult to locate.
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Infrared spectroscopy for document dating - Advantages, challenges and limitations. TALANTA OPEN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talo.2022.100102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Sauzier G, van Bronswijk W, Lewis SW. Chemometrics in forensic science: approaches and applications. Analyst 2021; 146:2415-2448. [PMID: 33729240 DOI: 10.1039/d1an00082a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Forensic investigations are often reliant on physical evidence to reconstruct events surrounding a crime. However, there remains a need for more objective approaches to evidential interpretation, along with rigorously validated procedures for handling, storage and analysis. Chemometrics has been recognised as a powerful tool within forensic science for interpretation and optimisation of analytical procedures. However, careful consideration must be given to factors such as sampling, validation and underpinning study design. This tutorial review aims to provide an accessible overview of chemometric methods within the context of forensic science. The review begins with an overview of selected chemometric techniques, followed by a broad review of studies demonstrating the utility of chemometrics across various forensic disciplines. The tutorial review ends with the discussion of the challenges and emerging trends in this rapidly growing field.
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- Georgina Sauzier
- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia.
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia.
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia.
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Deviterne-Lapeyre CM. Interpol review of questioned documents 2016-2019. Forensic Sci Int Synerg 2021; 2:429-441. [PMID: 33385141 PMCID: PMC7770439 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2020.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in questioned documents from 2016 to 2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium. The review papers are also available at the Interpol website at: https://www.interpol.int/content/download/14458/file/Interpol Review Papers 2019.pdf.
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Risoluti R, Gullifa G, Materazi S. Assessing the Quality of Milk Using a Multicomponent Analytical Platform MicroNIR/Chemometric. Front Chem 2020; 8:614718. [PMID: 33335892 PMCID: PMC7736405 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.614718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In this work, an innovative screening platform based on MicroNIR and chemometrics is proposed for the on-site and contactless monitoring of the quality of milk using simultaneous multicomponent analysis. The novelty of this completely automated tool consists of a miniaturized NIR spectrometer operating in a wireless mode that allows samples to be processed in a rapid and accurate way and to obtain in a single click a comprehensive characterization of the chemical composition of milk. To optimize the platform, milk specimens with different origins and compositions were considered and prediction models were developed by chemometric analysis of the NIR spectra using Partial Least Square regression algorithms. Once calibrated, the platform was used to predict samples acquired in the market and validation was performed by comparing results of the novel platform with those obtained from the chromatographic analysis. Results demonstrated the ability of the platform to differentiate milk as a function of the distribution of fatty acids, providing a rapid and non-destructive method to assess the quality of milk and to avoid food adulteration.
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- Roberta Risoluti
- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Borghi FT, Santos PC, Santos FD, Nascimento MH, Corrêa T, Cesconetto M, Pires AA, Ribeiro AV, Lacerda V, Romão W, Filgueiras PR. Quantification and classification of vegetable oils in extra virgin olive oil samples using a portable near-infrared spectrometer associated with chemometrics. Microchem J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Catelli E, Sciutto G, Prati S, Chavez Lozano MV, Gatti L, Lugli F, Silvestrini S, Benazzi S, Genorini E, Mazzeo R. A new miniaturised short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectrometer for on-site cultural heritage investigations. Talanta 2020; 218:121112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Sharma V, Kaur J, Kumar R. Proof of concept study for paper discrimination and age estimation through its degradation process by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometric models. AUST J FORENSIC SCI 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00450618.2020.1781254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Vishal Sharma
- Institute of Forensic Science & Criminology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Institute of Forensic Science & Criminology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Institute of Forensic Science & Criminology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Risoluti R, Pichini S, Pacifici R, Materazzi S. Miniaturized analytical platform for cocaine detection in oral fluids by MicroNIR/Chemometrics. Talanta 2019; 202:546-553. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.04.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Risoluti R, Gullifa G, Battistini A, Materazzi S. "Lab-on-Click" Detection of Illicit Drugs in Oral Fluids by MicroNIR-Chemometrics. Anal Chem 2019; 91:6435-6439. [PMID: 31034204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A novel, entirely automated MicroNIR-chemometric platform was developed for the "lab-on-click" detection of illicit drugs in nonpretreated oral fluids, and a novel tool for the first-level test is proposed. Calibration of the method was achieved by collecting oral-fluid specimens from volunteers, and chemometric analysis was considered for the development of models for prediction for cocaine, amphetamine, and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol. In addition, a comprehensive model was optimized for the simultaneous prediction of positive-negative samples and the specific illicit drug used by abusers in a single "click". The detection ability of the method was checked for true-positive and false-positive outcomes, and results were validated by a GC-MS reference official method. The MicroNIR-chemometric platform provided the simultaneous prediction of the three most frequently abused addictive drugs with the sensitivity and accuracy of the confirmatory analyses, offering the advantages of rapidity and simplicity and demonstrating that it is a promising tool for supporting public-health surveillance.
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- Roberta Risoluti
- Department of Chemistry , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 , 00185 Rome , Italy
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- Department of Chemistry , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 , 00185 Rome , Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria , Centro di Politiche e Bioeconomia , via Pò 14 , 00198 Rome , Italy
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- Department of Chemistry , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 , 00185 Rome , Italy
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