Photoluminescent semiconductor nanocrystals for fingerprint detection

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 545-551

  Menzel, E Roland ^a   Savoy, Steve M ^b   Ulvick, Sydney J ^b   Cheng, Kwan H ^a   Murdock, Russell H ^a   Sudduth, Mark R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Syst and Processes Eng Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; Dendrimer; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Nanoparticle; Phase resolved imaging; Photoluminescence; Quantum dot; Semiconductor nanocrysta; Time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; DENDRIMER; DOCUSATE SODIUM; HEPTANE; HEXANE; NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0034026127     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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