Applications of a transportable Raman spectrometer for the in situ detection of controlled substances at border controls

Forensic Science International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Weyermann, C ^a   Mimoune, Y ^a,b   Anglada, F ^a   Massonnet, G ^a   Esseiva, P ^a   Buzzini, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Algerian National Gendarmerie   (Algeria)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border controls; Drugs of abuse; In situ; Liquid; Packaging; Powders; Raman; Transportable

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ARACHIS OIL; CAFFEINE; CANOLA OIL; CHLOROFORM; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GRISEOFULVIN; ILLICIT DRUG; INOSITOL; LACTOSE; LIDOCAINE; MANNITOL; OLIVE OIL; PARACETAMOL; PHENACETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANALYSIS TIME; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIGHT SOURCE; BROWN GLASS VIAL; CELLOPHANE CONTAINER; CONTAINER; CONTAINER THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; LASER BEAM FOCALIZATION DISTANCE; LIGHT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PACKAGING; PLASTIC BAG; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETER; SUNLIGHT; SWITZERLAND; TIME; TRANSPARENT GLASS VIAL;

EID: 79957599661     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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