Forensic discrimination of lipsticks using visible and attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy

被引:30
作者
Wong, Justina X. W. [1 ]
Sauzier, Georgina [1 ,2 ]
Lewis, Simon W. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Curtin Univ, Sch Mol & Life Sci, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
[2] Curtin Univ, Curtin Inst Funct Mol & Interfaces, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
关键词
Forensic science; Cosmetics; Infrared spectroscopy; Visible spectroscopy; Chemometrics; SMEARS; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; DIFFERENTIATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.02.044
中图分类号
DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];
学科分类号
0301 ; 10 ;
摘要
Lipstick traces may be encountered in forensic investigations as traces left on clothing, drinkware, tissue papers or other surfaces. However, their probative value is limited by the discriminatory power and destructiveness of existing analysis schemes. This work employed analytical spectroscopy with chemometrics to provide objective and non-destructive characterisation of lipsticks for forensic purposes. 22 red-shaded and 18 nude-shaded lipsticks were analysed using visible absorbance and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, as well as attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Principal component analysis readily distinguished most samples based on their spectral profiles, with subsequent models yielding discrimination accuracies exceeding 94% for each spectroscopic mode. This could provide a greater level of confidence when conducting 'questioned versus known' comparisons of similar lipsticks. Further testing using external validation sets produced identification accuracies of 73-100 %, which may allow investigative leads to be more readily obtained from recovered lipstick traces. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:88 / 96
页数:9
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