Forensic investigators often encounter cling film as a wrapping for illicit drugs. Using attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) Stephen W. Holman and colleagues from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, have been studying the level of the chemical variation in food grade low-density polyethylene (LDPE) cling film. Click on the below title to read more about their research.
A quantitative assessment of the chemical variation in food grade polyethylene cling film, a common wrapping material for illicit drugs, using attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Stephen W. Holman, Trevor F. Emmett and Michael D. Cole
Anal. Methods, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY05889H