Multifarious applications of photoacoustic spectrophotometer and its importance in forensic investigation

Aditya Narayan Singh, Pushpendra Kumar Sharma, Y. K. Agrawal

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Abstract

Photoacoustic spectrophotometer (PAS) has emerged as the most promising technology with its promise to resolve unmet issues in various domains. The advantages of PAS are nonvulnerability of the sample, trace quantity sample analysis, and short response time. Though it showed distinguished features close to its emergence, it is bereft of its importance in the present scenario. Certainly, there exists a transparent gap in understanding the current situation in forensic crime scene management and the application of PAS within the same discipline. This article aims to consolidate all this information to fill an existing knowledge gap and tries to establish trajectory of research done up to now. This article will also pinpoint the reasons behind why this advanced technique could not accomplish its respectable feat inside the market and restraint of optical business toward inventing and commercializing this merchandise.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)618-634
Number of pages17
JournalApplied Spectroscopy Reviews
Volume49
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Nov 2014

Keywords

  • Forensic evidence
  • Forensic lab
  • Latent fingerprints
  • Photoacoustic spectroscopy
  • Scene of crime
  • Trace elements

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