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The effects of sun exposure on colorant identification of permanently and semi-permanently dyed hair.
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- Oxidative stress-mediated DNA fragmentation involved in STING-dependent apoptosis in human keratinocytes by 5-amino-2-methylphenol under ambient UVB exposure.Archives of toxicology · 2026Article
- Identification of dyes on fabric exposed to lake and ocean water using near-infrared excitation Raman spectroscopy.Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications · 2026Article
- DyeSPY: Establishing the First Forensic SERS Reference for Hair Dye Colorant Evidence.Analytical chemistry · 2025Article
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- Elucidation of the Effect of Solar Light on the Near-Infrared Excitation Raman Spectroscopy-Based Analysis of Fabric Dyes.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Near-infrared excitation Raman spectroscopy of colored fabric contaminated with body fluids.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to probe artificial dye degradation on hair buried in multiple soils for up to eight weeks.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Non-Destructive Identification of Dyes on Fabric Using Near-Infrared Raman Spectroscopy.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
During bloating and active decay, human remains begin to deform and warp their physical identity. After the skin and muscles loosen and detach from their skeletal structuration, everything but bones, teeth, and hair will fully disintegrate into the soil that surrounds the body. Nearly half of people in the world dye their hair with a variety of permanent and semi-permanent colorants. Expanding upon this, we hypothesized that confirmatory analysis of hair colorants can be used to facilitate and advance forensic analysis of human remains. A growing body of evidence suggests that hair colorants can be identified directly on hair using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). In this study, we investigate the extent to which SERS can be used to detect black and blue permanent and semi-permanent dyes on hair exposed to sunlight. Our results showed that although substantial photodegradation of all dyes was observed by week 7, SERS enabled highly accurate detection and identification of hair colorants during all 10 weeks of hair exposure to the sunlight with on average 99.2% accuracy. We also found that SERS could be used to predict fading rates of hair colorants. This information can shed light on the exposure of human remains to the exterior environment.
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