Lawsone: A novel reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks on paper surfaces

Jelly, R.; Lewis, Simon; Lennard, C.; Lim, K.; Almog, J.

doi:10.1039/b808424f

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Authors

Jelly, R.

Lewis, Simon

Lennard, C.

Lim, K.

Almog, J.

Date

2008

Type

Journal Article

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Citation

Jelly, Renee and Lewis, Simon W. and Lennard, Chris and Lim, Kieran F. and Almog, Joseph. 2008. Lawsone: A novel reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks on paper surfaces. Chemical Communications 1 (30): 3513-3515.

Source Title

Chemical Communications

DOI

10.1039/b808424f

Faculty

Nanochemistry Research Centre

School

Nanochemistry Research Institute (Research Institute)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47429

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) 5 reacts with latent fingermark deposits on paper surfaces to yield purple-brown impressions of ridge details which are also photoluminescent; this compound represents the first in a completely new class of fingermark detection reagents.