Green Analytical Methods and Miniaturized Sample Preparation techniques for Forensic Drug Analysis

Dr. Rajeev Jain is Senior Scientist (Forensic Toxicology) at Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India. He has more than 12 years of research experience in the field of analytical toxicology. During his tenure as Forensic Toxicologist, he has examined post-mortem samples of more than 600 medico-legal cases pertaining to drug overdose and poisoning. He has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Analytical Toxicology from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (India). His research work is focused on Development of sustainable, affordable, and green analytical methods based on microextraction techniques for the determination of chemical analytes for forensic toxicological, clinical, and environmental importance in various complex samples. Dr. Abuzar Kabir is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. His research focusses on the synthesis, characterization and applications of novel sol-gel derived advanced material systems to be used as chromatographic stationary phases, surface coatings of high-efficiency microextraction sorbents, nanoparticles, microporous and mesoporous functionalized sorbents, molecularly imprinted polymers for analysing trace and ultra-trace level concentration of polar, medium polar, nonpolar, ionic analytes, heavy metals, and organometallic pollutants from complex sample matrices.

Section - A: Green Analytical Methods
1. Green Analytical Methods (GAMs) and principles of Green Analytical Chemistry (GAC)
2. Green Analytical Chemistry Metrics.

Section - B: Miniaturized sorbent-based techniques in forensic drug analysis
3. Fabric-Phase Sorbent Extraction (FPSE)
4. Solid phase microextraction (SPME)
5. Microextraction by packed sorbents (MEPS)
6. Solid-Phase Dispersion Extraction (SPDE)
7. Stir-Bar Sorbent Extraction (SBSE)
8. Disposable Pipette Extraction (DPE)
9. Natural material as sorbent for green extraction
10. Metal organic framework (MOF) based microextraction

Section - C: Miniaturized solvent based techniques in forensic drug analysis
11. Single-Drop Microextraction (SDME)
12. Hollow-Fiber Liquid-phase Microextraction (LPME)
13. Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME)
14. Solidification of Floating Organic Drop Microextraction (SFOME)
15. Electromembrane extraction (EME)
16. Green solvent based microextraction
17. Deep eutectic solvents in forensic drug analysis
18. Parallel artificial liquid membrane extraction

Section - D: Green analytical methods for on-site and in-situ forensic drug analysis
19. Microfluidic paper based analytical devices (µPAD)
20. Smartphone based digital image colorimetry (DIC) On-site analytical techniques for forensic chemistry