The coupling of thermogravimetric analysis (TG) associated with chemometrics is proposed as an innovative approach in thanatochemistry in order to develop a new analytical tool using thermal analysis for the characterization of vitreous humor. Vitreous samples were selected from the medicolegal deaths which occurred in casualty and where the death interval is known. Only hospital deaths with no metabolic disorders were taken, and the precise time of death was certified by the treating physician. Samples were analyzed by TG7 thermobalance, and principal component analysis was used to evaluate the results. The TG/Chemometrics outcomes show a clearly distinct behavior according to the postmortem interval, concluding that TG and Chemometrics are capable of predicting the time since death using only a few microliters of vitreous, without any pretreatment and with an hour of analysis time

New frontiers in thermal analysis: A TG/Chemometrics approach for postmortem interval estimation in vitreous humor / Materazzi, Stefano; Gullifa, Giuseppina; Fabiano, MARIA AURORA; Frati, Paola; Santurro, Alessandro; Scopetti, Matteo; Fineschi, Vittorio; Risoluti, Roberta. - In: JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY. - ISSN 1388-6150. - 130:1(2017), pp. 549-557. [10.1007/s10973-017-6239-y]

New frontiers in thermal analysis: A TG/Chemometrics approach for postmortem interval estimation in vitreous humor

MATERAZZI, Stefano;GULLIFA, GIUSEPPINA;FABIANO, MARIA AURORA;FRATI, PAOLA;SANTURRO, ALESSANDRO;SCOPETTI, MATTEO;FINESCHI, VITTORIO;RISOLUTI, ROBERTA
2017

Abstract

The coupling of thermogravimetric analysis (TG) associated with chemometrics is proposed as an innovative approach in thanatochemistry in order to develop a new analytical tool using thermal analysis for the characterization of vitreous humor. Vitreous samples were selected from the medicolegal deaths which occurred in casualty and where the death interval is known. Only hospital deaths with no metabolic disorders were taken, and the precise time of death was certified by the treating physician. Samples were analyzed by TG7 thermobalance, and principal component analysis was used to evaluate the results. The TG/Chemometrics outcomes show a clearly distinct behavior according to the postmortem interval, concluding that TG and Chemometrics are capable of predicting the time since death using only a few microliters of vitreous, without any pretreatment and with an hour of analysis time
2017
chemometrics; forensic sciences; thermogravimetry; vitreous humor; condensed matter physics; physical and theoretical chemistry
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New frontiers in thermal analysis: A TG/Chemometrics approach for postmortem interval estimation in vitreous humor / Materazzi, Stefano; Gullifa, Giuseppina; Fabiano, MARIA AURORA; Frati, Paola; Santurro, Alessandro; Scopetti, Matteo; Fineschi, Vittorio; Risoluti, Roberta. - In: JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY. - ISSN 1388-6150. - 130:1(2017), pp. 549-557. [10.1007/s10973-017-6239-y]
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