Aqueous Nile blue: a simple, versatile and safe reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks

Frick, Amanda; Busetti, Francesco; Cross, Andrew; Lewis, Simon

doi:10.1039/C3CC49577A

197503_Nile_Blue_CC_submission_REVISION.pdf (4.665Mb)

Access Status

Open access

Authors

Frick, Amanda

Busetti, Francesco

Cross, Andrew

Lewis, Simon

Date

2014

Type

Journal Article

Metadata

Show full item record

Citation

Frick, Amanda and Busetti, Francesco and Cross, Andrew and Lewis, Simon. 2014. Aqueous Nile blue: a simple, versatile and safe reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks. Chemical Communications. 50: pp. 3341-3343.

Source Title

Chemical Communications

Abstract

Nile blue A in aqueous solution undergoes spontaneous hydrolysis to the photoluminescent compound Nile red. This reagent provides a simple and safe approach to the detection of latent fingermarks on porous and non-porous surfaces.