Determining the order of deposition of natural latent fingerprints and laser printed ink using chemical mapping with secondary ion mass spectrometry

Science and Justice

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-7

  Attard Montalto, Nicola ^a   Ojeda, Jesús J ^a   Jones, Benjamin J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fingerprints; Forensic science; Laser printing; Paper; Questioned documents; Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF SIMS)

Indexed keywords

INK; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FRICTION; HUMAN; LASER; RELIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PAPER; SEBUM;

EID: 84873107422     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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