Abstract

A SPLENDID BLEND OF NANOCHEMISTRY IN FORENSIC SCIENCE: OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND WAY AHEAD

Ashu Chaudhary*, Pinki and Ashima Sharma

Abstract

Nanotechnology is manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular and supramolecular scale. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal of precisely manipulating atoms and molecules for fabrication of macroscale products, also now referred to as molecular nanotechnology. A more generalized description of nanotechnology was subsequently established by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, which defines nanotechnology as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers. Nanotechnology has a potential to make significant positive contribution in forensic science in Crime detection. The various uses of nanotechnology in the field of forensics are discussed in this review. In forensic nanotechnology minute chip materials are used instead of bulky instruments, which reduce the methods of analysis to make investigation, accurate, precise, timely and appropriate. This talk aims to highlight some of these applications of Nanotechnology in Forensic Science.

Keywords: Nanotechnology, Forensic nanotechnology, Crime detection, Forensic investigation.