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Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopic Identification of Dispersant/Particle Bonding Mechanisms in Functional Inks
Published on: May 8, 2015
Small particle reagents technique can help to point out wet latent fingerprints
P Cucè1, G Polimeni, A P Lazzaro
1Laboratory of Fingerprint Analysis, Raggruppamento Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche (RaCIS), 98128 Messina, Italy. rismeif@carabinieri.it
Abstract:
SPR is a technique performed to detect latent fingerprints left on wet surfaces, based upon the reaction between the fatty components present in the traces and hydrophobic tails of the specific reagents. These tails are linked to a hydrophilic head, which reacts with metal salt to give a white or black precipitate. The literature reports that it is possible identifying latent fingerprints with cyanoacrylate fuming procedure, after drying the surface, but you cannot always do it. In the present report we want to show a casework that can concern a find completely dust covered.

