Affiliation:
1. University of Health Sciences, Pakistan
Abstract
The most vital part of a medico-legal investigation is the estimation of the period since death. The procedures now in use for determining this time period depend on a wide range of variables that are frequently out of the forensic examiner's control. Therefore, using nanosensors to analyse changes in biological components has provided a special benefit to precisely estimate the PMI. The evaluation of post-mortem intervals using novel functional nanomaterials techniques is compared in detail to conventional methods in this chapter. It also discusses the difficulties in making an accurate assessment due to changing environmental conditions as well as the benefits of using nanomaterials.