Forensic Molecules in the World of Criminal Investigations
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 11631
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular imprinted polymers; sensors; defense; forensic science; environmental chemistry; explosives; drug analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to open the call for a Special Issue of Molecules dedicated to molecules of forensic interest. As the famous Locard’s principle states “every contact leaves a trace”, and these molecules of interest, brought to the crime scene or left behind from the criminals, are the key evidence forensic chemists and scientists use to cast light on events they could not have witnessed.
The aim and scope of this issue include any research work performed on any substance in a molecular state that becomes an object of forensic investigations, e.g., drugs, explosives, fire accelerants, food adulterants, etc.
We would also welcome any studies involving implementation of novel methods, design or use of new materials or composite materials or innovative uses of traditional detection, separation or data treatment techniques that would increase the selectivity and sensitivity in the determination of forensic molecules and would result in an improvement over the existing state of the art.
The call for papers is also open for other disciplines related of forensic chemistry that make use of molecules of forensic interest to help understanding and interpreting forensic evidence or the results obtained from forensic investigations of these molecules.
Dr. Jose Gonzalez-Rodriguez
Prof. Dr. John Cassella
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- drug analysis
- explosive analysis
- fingerprint chemistry
- forensic toxicology
- environmental forensics
- fire analysis
- chemometric analysis
- decomposition science (taphonomy, thanatochemistry)
- counterfeit medicines
