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Lawsone: a novel reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks on paper surfaces
Renee Jelly1, Simon W Lewis, Chris Lennard
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia.
Abstract:
Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) 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.
