Detection & identification of hazardous narcotics and new psychoactive substances using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)

According to the latest World Drug Report, released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), drug use is up 30% over the past decade and there are more drugs, and more types of drugs, than ever. Herein we use Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) for the rapid ID of narcotic...

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Published in:Analytical methods 2023-07, Vol.15 (26), p.3225-3232
Main Authors: Williams, Samuel F, Stokes, Robert, Tang, Pik Leung, Blanco-Rodriguez, Ana M
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Infrared spectroscopy
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Narcotics
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