Forensic Science is an interdisciplinary subject that uses
principles and methodologies of various subjects including
chemistry, biology, physics, geology, psychology, social science
and engineering to help law enforcement agencies to enforce
criminal laws and regulations to resolve civil and criminal cases.
Body fluids, fingerprints, footprints, illicit drugs, explosives
etc. are the evidences that can be found at the scene of crime in
trace amount. These evidences are first analysed through screening
and then confirmatory methods. During this process, the probability
of sample loss is very high, especially when a sample amount is
inadequate and therefore does not meet minimum requirement to
analyse it. Generally, scientists discuss new-fangled
nanotechnology research and its conversation turns to the
commercial aspects or potential issues around health, safety, and
the environment. In recent years, some of them have shown their
interest to integrate nanotechnology with basic sciences and
applied for forensic purposes, which are shifting the paradigm of
forensic investigation process. Introduction of Forensic
Nanotechnology as Future Armour is the first comprehensive book to
consider both fundamental and applied aspects of forensic
nanotechnology. This emerging field of forensic science
investigates real-time crime scenes and terrorist activities,
inquiries, detects the presence of explosive materials, biological
indicators, document preservation, fingerprint enhancement and food
adulteration using nanomaterial. Scientists and researchers are
working on nanotechnology applications that may steer the power of
forensic investigation, but the challenges to bring them from lab
to the courtroom remain persistent. Moreover, some crucial concerns
in forensic science such as analysis cost and time, methods'
effectiveness and wide availability and results' accuracy and
reliability are creating obstacles in forensic investigation and
security. In this book we requested to enrich the scientific
content as state-of-the-art in terms of application of
nanotechnology in forensic science. In this way, all chapters will
emphasise the emerging field of research to solve crime with the
help of nanotechnology in various fields of forensic science like
detecting explosives, biological indicators, document preservation,
latent fingerprint and food adulteration. The integration of
laboratory processes onto a nano platform is conceivably the most
interesting advancement of nanotechnology highlighted in this book
and some more issues like recent research developments, challenges
and future opportunities are also addressed in this book. The book
is written for a wide readership including researchers,
undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds such
as chemistry, materials science and nanotechnology engineering,
physics, life sciences, forensic science, and biomedical
engineering. It can be used not only as a textbook but also as a
review and reference book. However, because many other nano
technological applications for forensic analysis are yet to be
studied, this book can be helpful to explore new opportunities. We
hope that the chapters of this book will provide the reader with
valuable insight as a revolutionary, protective tool in the fields
of virtopsy, crime scene investigation, identification, forensic
biology and toxicology. We also hope that after reading this book,
researchers around the world will be motivated to enter into the
field of forensic nanotechnology.
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