Exploration of the use of novel SiO2 nanocomposites doped with fluorescent Eu3+/sensitizer complex for latent fingerprint detection

Forensic Science International

Volumn 176, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 163-172

  Liu, Li ^a   Gill, Simerjeet K ^a   Gao, Yanping ^a   Hope Weeks, Louisa J ^a   Cheng, Kwan H ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingerprint labeling agents; Fluorescence characterizations; Nanomaterials; Rare earth compound; Xerogel

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITE; PLASTIC; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; EUROPIUM; LUMINESCENT AGENT; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FOIL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DERMATOGLYPHICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; EUROPIUM; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILANES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 39749112653     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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