Raman imaging for determining the sequence of blue pen ink crossings

Forensic Science International

Volumn 249, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-100

  Braz, André ^a   López López, María ^a   García Ruiz, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crossing; Ink; Intersecting lines; Questioned document; Raman imaging; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

INK;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MULTIVARIATE CURVE RESOLUTION METHOD; PAPER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922496614     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.01.023     Document Type: Article

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