Sulaf Assi

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The Detection of Biomarkers and Cocaine in Fingernails Using Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Megan Wilson;Jason Birkett;Iftikhar Khan;Ismail Abbas;Leung Tang;Dhiya Al-Jumeily;Sulaf Assi

August 1st 2023

ATR-FT-IR spectroscopy can provide rapid and portable measurements in forensic applications, demonstrating its ability to rapidly detect biomarkers and the presence of cocaine in fingernails.

Characterization of Street Drugs Using Handheld Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy

Sulaf Assi;Ismail Abbas;Karolina Kielisczyzk;Olivia Wade;Basel Arafat

January 1st 2023

Handheld FT-Raman spectroscopy can complement GC–MS and IR in characterizing street drugs.

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Using Handheld Raman Spectroscopy Equipped with Orbital Raster Technology for Field Detection of Cocaine and its Impurities in Fingernails

Megan Wilson;Dhiya Al-Jumeily;Jason Birkett;Iftikhar Khan;Ismail Abbas;Sulaf Assi

November 1st 2022

The results of this study showed that orbital raster scanning (ORS) technology, which ensured a greater interrogation area, also resolved issues of conventional Raman spectroscopy, such as low spectrum intensity and resolution.

Identification of Novel Psychoactive Substances Using Hyphenated Mass Spectrometric Techniques

Sulaf Assi;Suzanne Fergus;Jacqueline L. Stair

March 1st 2012

Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) techniques offer advantages in separating and confirming the identity of constituents in novel psychoactive substances.