  Herein, we report a minireview to give a brief introduction of applications
of nanomaterials in the field of forensic science. The materials that have
their size in nanoscale (1 - 100 nm) comes under the category of nanomaterials.
Nanomaterials possess various applications in different fields like cosmetic
production, medical, photoconductivity etc. because of their physio-chemical,
electrical and magnetic properties. Due to the different characteristic
property that nanomaterials have, they are widely employed in diverse domains.
In various fields of forensic science such as fingerprints, toxicology,
medicine, serology, nanomaterials are being used extensively. Large surface
area to volume ratio of the materials in nano-regime makes the nanomaterials
suitable for all these application with high efficiency. This review article
briefs about the nanomaterials, their advantages and their novel applications
in various fields, focusing especially in the field of forensic science. The
basic idea of different areas of forensic science such as development of
fingerprints, detection of drugs, estimating the time since death, analysis of
GSR, detection of various explosives and for the extraction of DNA etc. has
also been provided.

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