Barac, Marko; Filko, Andrijana; Siketić, Zdravko; Brajković, Marko; Ledić, Andrea; Bogdanović Radović, Ivančica (2021) Comparison of optical techniques and MeV SIMS in determining deposition order between optically distinguishable and indistinguishable inks from different writing tools. Forensic Science International, 331 . ISSN 0379-0738
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Abstract
In the forensic investigation of questioned documents, it is often very important to know the deposition order of ink traces from two different writing tools at their intersection on a paper. In the present work, intersections of inks from several writing tools were studied using optical techniques that are standardly applied for questioned documents examination in a forensic laboratory, and an accelerator-based Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) technique called Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry using MeV ions (MeV SIMS) that is applied in an accelerator facility. MeV SIMS provides molecular information about the studied inks from writing tools, which is an added value and can be also applied for determination of deposition order but was so far relatively rarely used in forensic studies. Aim of this paper is to compare performance of optical techniques and MeV SIMS for several combinations of intersecting lines. Cases were divided into those in which optical techniques can distinguish used inks and those which are optically completely indistinguishable. In the latter cases, we show that although mass spectra of used inks (from blue ballpoint pens) had extremely small differences, these in combination with advanced and most importantly objective multivariate algorithms could be very beneficial in resolving the deposition order at the intersection of optically indistinguishable inks. In general, MeV SIMS proved to be more efficient for oil-based inks while difficulties were encountered with water-based ones, similar to optical methods.
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| Additional Information: | The paper is published in FSI Special Edition: Nuclear Technologies for Forensic Science. | ||||||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | forensic document examination; crossing ink lines; optical techniques; MeV SIMS | ||||||||
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Nuclear Physics | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Division of Experimental Physics | ||||||||
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| Depositing User: | Marko Barac | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2022 10:59 | ||||||||
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/6879 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.111136 |
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