Title :
Application of terahertz spectroscopy to abused drug analysis
Author :
Kanamori, T. ; Tsujikawa, K. ; Iwata, Y.T. ; Inoue, H. ; Ohtsuru, O. ; Kishi, T. ; Hoshina, H. ; Otani, C. ; Kawase, K.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Res. Inst. of Police Sci., Kashiwa, Japan
Abstract :
In the field of forensic chemistry, the identification of abused drugs is of great importance. In this study, we applied terahertz spectroscopy for identifying various types of abused drugs. Most of these drugs showed characteristic terahertz absorption spectra in the range of 20-100 cm-1 (0.6-3 THz), which is sufficient to differentiate them from one another.
Keywords :
drugs; spectrochemical analysis; spectrophotometry; submillimetre wave spectra; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; 0.6 to 3 THz; abused drug analysis; drug identification; forensic chemistry; terahertz absorption spectra; terahertz spectroscopy; Absorption; Chemistry; Drugs; Electromagnetic scattering; Envelope detectors; Forensics; Human computer interaction; Light sources; Postal services; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2005. IRMMW-THz 2005. The Joint 30th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9348-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2005.1572467
