Vacuum metal deposition: Visualisation of gold agglomerates using TEM imaging

Forensic Science International

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 219-222

  Dai, Xuejing ^a   Stoilovic, Milutin ^b   Lennard, Chris ^b   Speers, Naomi ^b  

^a CHINA CRIMINAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AFP Forensic Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fingerprint detection; Gold agglomerates; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Vacuum metal deposition (VMD)

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL; POLYETHYLENE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

EID: 34247343706     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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