Issue 16, 2018

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

Abstract

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.

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

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jun 2018
Accepted
09 Jul 2018
First published
12 Jul 2018

Analyst, 2018,143, 3789-3792

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

G. E. Florence and W. J. Gee, Analyst, 2018, 143, 3789 DOI: 10.1039/C8AN01150H

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