Photoluminescent CdS/dendrimer nanocomposites for fingerprint detection

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 770-773

  Roland Menzel, E ^a,b   Takatsu, Masahisa ^a   Murdock, Russell H ^a   Bouldin, Kimberly ^a   Clieng, Kwan H ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; Dendrimer; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Nanocomposite; Photoluminescence; Semiconductor nanocrystal; Time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CYANOACRYLATE; DENDRIMER; METHANOL; POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ALUMINUM FOIL; ARTICLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 0033947865     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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