Single-metal deposition (SMD) as a latent fingermark enhancement technique: An alternative to multimetal deposition (MMD)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages e5-

  Stauffer, Eric ^a   Becue, Andy ^a   Singh, Kanwar Vikas ^b   Thampi, K Ravindranathan ^b   Champod, Christophe ^a   Margot, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fingerprints; Gold colloids; Gold tetrachlorauric acid; Hydroxylamine; Metallic reduction

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL; REAGENT; SILVER;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; COST; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELF LIFE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34147104128     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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