Analytical methods for dating modern writing instrument inks on paper
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Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopic Identification of Dispersant/Particle Bonding Mechanisms in Functional Inks
Published on: May 8, 2015
Magdalena Ezcurra1, Juan M G Góngora, Itxaso Maguregui
1Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Bilbao, Spain. qmeg@telefonica.net
Abstract:
This work reviews the different analytical methods that have been proposed in the field of forensic dating of inks from different modern writing instruments. The reported works have been classified according to the writing instrument studied and the ink component analyzed in relation to aging. The study, done chronologically, shows the advances experienced in the ink dating field in the last decades.

