Chemometric Identification Of Chemical Agents Via Electrochemical Methods Coupled With Classification Algorithms
University researchers have developed a novel method and system that identify chemical agents using a combination of electrochemical detection and advanced signal processing algorithms. The invention distinguishes itself from other chemometric technologies in that it combines electrochemical methods (e.g., voltammetry, amperometry, potentiometry, coulometry, conductometry, and impedometry) with pattern-recognition algorithms (e.g. Principal Component Analysis, Linear Discriminant Analysis, Support Vector Machines) to transduce the chemical information to the electrical domain. It has been reduced to practice for the classification of residues originating from the handling and discharge of a firearm and to implicate culpability under such scenarios. A handheld unit integrating the electrochemical analyzer and embedded signal processing algorithms is currently under development. The approach, demonstrated for firearm forensics, can be extended to diverse other applications requiring differentiation among groups possessing variable chemical signatures (e.g., healthcare, environmental, agricultural, cosmetics).
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