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Imaging of Latent Fingerprints through the Detection of Drugs and Metabolites
Author(s) -
Hazarika Pompi,
Jickells Sue M.,
Wolff Kim,
Russell David A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200804348
Subject(s) - benzoylecgonine , fingerprint (computing) , computer science , latent image , computational biology , information retrieval , chemistry , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , metabolite , biology , biochemistry
Dusting for prints : Antibody–magnetic‐particle conjugates comprise protein‐coated magnetic particles labeled with dye‐tagged fragments (see picture). These particles bind to drugs and drug metabolites such as methadone and benzoylecgonine that are deposited within a latent fingerprint. The conjugates provide a means to image the fingerprint and enable the identification of an individual whilst simultaneously providing evidence of drug usage.