Harnessing volatile luminescent lanthanide complexes to visualise latent fingermarks on nonporous surfaces | Zendy

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Harnessing volatile luminescent lanthanide complexes to visualise latent fingermarks on nonporous surfaces

Author(s) -

Grace E. Florence,

William J. Gee

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the analyst

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 153

eISSN - 1364-5528

pISSN - 0003-2654

DOI - 10.1039/c8an01150h

Subject(s) - lanthanide , sublimation (psychology) , luminescence , porous medium , porosity , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , ion , psychology , engineering , psychotherapist

Two commercially-available terbium and europium complexes, EuFOD and TbTMHD, provide luminescent visualisation of latent fingermarks placed on nonporous surfaces via sublimation. This is demonstrated using UV radiation from a forensic light source. The method was optimised on metal foil, with other archetypal nonporous surfaces (i.e. glass, ceramic) also suited to this method.

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