Authors: Emily C Heider Nirvani Mujumdar Andres D Campiglia
Publish Date: 2016/09/17
Volume: 408, Issue: 28, Pages: 7935-7943
Abstract
Trace fibers are an important form of trace evidence and identification of exogenous substances on textile fibers provides valuable information about the origin of the fiber Laundering textiles can provide a unique fluorescent spectral signature of the whitening agent in the detergent that adsorbs to the fiber Using fluorescence microscopy the spectral characteristics of seven detergents adsorbed to single fibers drawn from laundered textiles were investigated and principal component analysis of clusters was used to characterize the type of detergent on the fiber On dyed nylon fibers spectra from eight different detergent pairs could be resolved and washed validation fibers correctly classified On dyed acrylic fibers five different detergent pairs could be resolved and identified Identification of the detergent type may prove useful in matching a trace fiber to its bulk specimen of origin
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