Issue 30, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Lawsone: a novel reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks on paper surfaces

Renee Jelly,a   Simon W. Lewis,*a   Chris Lennard,b   Kieran F. Lim†c  and  Joseph Almogd  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Australia
E-mail: S.Lewis@curtin.edu.au
Fax: +61 8 9266 2300
Tel: +61 8 9266 2484

b National Centre for Forensic Studies, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

c School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

d Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Abstract

Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) reacts with latent fingermark deposits on paper surfaces to yield purple-brown impressions of ridge details which are also photoluminescent; this compound represents the first in a completely new class of fingermark detection reagents.

Graphical abstract: Lawsone: a novel reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks on paper surfaces

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B808424F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 May 2008
Accepted
12 Jun 2008
First published
30 Jun 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 3513-3515

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Lawsone: a novel reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks on paper surfaces

R. Jelly, S. W. Lewis, C. Lennard, K. F. Lim and J. Almog, Chem. Commun., 2008, 3513 DOI: 10.1039/B808424F

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