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JA0037 Recent advances in micro-sample preparation with forensic applications
来源:Trends in Analytical Chemistry | 作者:Abuzar Kabir | 发布时间: 2130天前 | 2568 次浏览 | 分享到:
Sample preparation in forensic science offers special challenges in that the sample matrix and the analytes change depending on the circumstances of the case. It is difficult to standardize the sample preparation step for many types of cases due to sample and matrix complexity and the total unknown nature of the target analytes present within the matrix. Secondly, the analytical results obtained from forensic samples often undergo rigorous legal scrutiny and challenges. As such, maintaining the integrity of the sample chain of custody should be considered during the sampling and sample preparation prior to analysis. Finally, for those sample matrices where the sample preparation can be standardized (i.e., fire debris analysis and toxicology), utmost care should be taken to minimize the possible interferents and maximize the analyte concentration to meet the analytical requirements. In this article, we discuss the nature and the types of forensic samples of interest, and recent developments and innovations in micro-sample preparation techniques in different disciplines within forensic science. We also discuss the future outlook of forensic sample preparation.
1 Introduction

The application of scientific values and practices for legal purposes defines the basics of forensic science. Chemists in the field not only examine a wide variety of samples of forensic interest, but also interpret data acquired from the analytical investigation to present in civil and/or criminal judicial proceedings. Continual advances in the area of forensic analysis are essential because applications of forensic chemistry have broad implications in the establishment of evidential value of the analyzed sample to the court of law with a superior level of quality assurance. An important first step in forensic chemical analysis is sampling and sample preparation, especially when working with trace and ultra-trace levels of the target analyte(s) present in various complex matrices (e.g., soil, biological, environmental, drug, and fire-debris), and the amount of the sample available to the investigator is limited, as in most cases. Considering the complex nature of the sample matrix in which the desired analyte(s) is present, the samples cannot be introduced directly into the analytical instrument for qualitative/quantitative chemical analyses. This is because the complex sample matrix can damage the performance of the analytical instrument if introduced without prior sample treatment/clean-up procedures and the concentration of the analyte of interest in the sample matrix may be lower than minimum limits of detection (LOD) of the instrument. Unlike with other disciplines, it is difficult to standardize the analytical approach to sampling and sample preparation, as every forensic case is unique. Although conventional sample preparation techniques [e.g., liquid-liquid extraction (LLE), solid-phase extraction (SPE),.....


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