An evaluation of nanostructured zinc oxide as a fluorescent powder for fingerprint detection

Mi Jung Choi; Katie E. McBean; Ping Hei R. Ng; Andrew M. McDonagh; Philip J. Maynard; Chris Lennard; Claude Roux

doi:10.1007/s10853-007-2178-5

An evaluation of nanostructured zinc oxide as a fluorescent powder for fingerprint detection

Mi Jung Choi, Katie E. McBean, Ping Hei R. Ng, Andrew M. McDonagh, Philip J. Maynard, Chris Lennard, Claude Roux

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Abstract

Zinc oxide is evaluated as a fluorescent powder for the detection of fingermarks on non-porous surfaces. Pure and lithium-doped nanostructured zinc oxide powders were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The zinc oxide powders were applied to fresh and aged fingermarks deposited on non-porous surfaces such as glass, polyethylene and aluminium foil. Zinc oxide was found to produce clear fluorescent impressions of the latent fingermarks when illuminated with long-wave UV light.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	732-737
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Science
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-2178-5
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

X ray diffraction
biometrics
fingerprints
fluorescence
forensic sciences
zinc oxide

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