Single Fiber Identification with Nondestructive Excitation-Emission Spectral Cluster Analysis

    Authors

    K. Appalaneni; E. C. Heider; A. F. T. Moore;A. D. Campiglia

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Anal. Chem.

    Keywords

    STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINATION; DYES; Chemistry, Analytical

    Abstract

    Identification methods for single textile fibers are in demand for forensic applications, and nondestructive methods with minimal pretreatment have the greatest potential for utility. Excitation emission luminescence data provide a three-dimensional matrix for comparison of single-fiber dyes, and these data are enhanced by principal component analysis and comparison of fibers using a statistical figure of merit. No dye extraction methods are required to sample the spectra from a single fiber. This approach has been applied to the analysis of single fibers to compare closely matched dye pairs, acid blue (AB) 25 and 41 and direct blue (DB) 1 and 53. In all cases, the accuracy of fiber identification was high and no false positive identifications were made.

    Journal Title

    Analytical Chemistry

    Volume

    86

    Issue/Number

    14

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    6774

    Last Page

    6780

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000339227400008

    ISSN

    0003-2700

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