Raman spectroscopy and laser desorption mass spectrometry for minimal destructive forensic analysis of black and color inkjet printed documents

Forensic Science International

Volumn 219, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 64-75

  Heudt, Laetitia ^a,b   Debois, Delphine ^a   Zimmerman, Tyler A ^a   Köhler, Laurent ^b   Bano, Fouzia ^a   Partouche, Franck ^c   Duwez, Anne Sophie ^a   Gilbert, Bernard ^a   De Pauw, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

^c Criminal Investigation Department of National Gendarmerie (IRCGN)   (France)

Author keywords

Document examination; Forensic; Inkjet printing inks; Laser desorption mass spectrometry; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINOACRIDINE; INK;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTOMATION; COLOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DESORPTION; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFORMATION; INKJET INK ANALYSIS; IONIZATION; LASER DESORPTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84861576736     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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