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Use of stains to detect fingermarks.
Journal article

Use of stains to detect fingermarks.

  • Becue A School of Criminal Sciences - Forensic Science (Institut de Police Scientifique), Batochime, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. andy.becue@unil.ch
  • Moret S
  • Champod C
  • Margot P
  • 2010-02-04
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  • Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission. - 2011
Amino Acids
Azo Compounds
Bodily Secretions
Body Fluids
Cinnamates
Colloids
Coloring Agents
Cyanoacrylates
Dermatoglyphics
Forensic Sciences
Gold
Luminescence
Metal Nanoparticles
Osmium Tetroxide
Powders
Ruthenium Compounds
Silver Nitrate
Staining and Labeling
Ultraviolet Rays
Urea
English Detection of fingermarks at a crime scene or on related items is of prime interest for forensic investigators, mainly for identification purposes. Most of the fingermarks are invisible to the naked eye, however. The application of detection techniques is required to establish visual contrast between the secretion residue and the underlying substrate. We give here a review of the field related to the concept of using stains to detect fingermarks. A distinction has been made between the physically driven classical detection techniques, the chemically driven ones, and those based on nanostructured materials, an emerging field in forensic science.
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  • English
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