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

Renee Jelly; Simon W. Lewis; Chris Lennard; Kieran F. Lim; Joseph Almog

doi:10.1039/B808424F

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Chemical Communications

Issue 30, 2008

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

Renee Jelly , Simon W. Lewis , Chris Lennard , Kieran F. Lim and Joseph Almog

Chem. Commun., 2008, 3513-3515

DOI: 10.1039/B808424F
Received 19 May 2008, Accepted 12 Jun 2008
First published on the web 30 Jun 2008

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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.

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