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Technical note: latent fingermarks, colloidal gold and multimetal deposition (MMD)
Bertrand Schnetz, P Margot Forensic Science International Volume 118, Issue 1, Pages (April 2001) DOI: /S (00)
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Fig. 1 Gold particles (∼30nm) prepared according to Saunders [1] under the TEM. Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 2 Homogeneous gold particles, size 14nm prepared according to Slot and Geuze [7]. Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 3 Left side pH 3; right side pH 2.5 (fingermark after the colloidal gold treatment only, without further development with physical developer). Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 4 Left side 0.01% w/v; right side 0.005% w/v (fingermark after colloidal gold treatment only). Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 5 Left side 0.01% w/v; right side 0.02% w/v (fingermark after the colloidal gold treatment). Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 6 Effect of siliconized vessels on glass for the preparation of the gold solution: left, not siliconized; right, siliconized vessels. Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 7 On the left, distilled water was used; on the right, bidistilled water (fingermark after the colloidal gold treatment). Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 8 Example of a fingermark developed on a porous surface (here white paper) using the proposed optimised method (on the right) against the old (left). Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 9 Example of a fingermark detected on a non-porous surface (white polythene plastic bag) with the optimised technique on the right. Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 10 Common background noise observed after physical developer treatment on plastic using the traditional physical developer (left) or the optimised recipe (right). Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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Fig. 11 Case example: successful detection of a mark on a Swiss banknote that resulted in an identification. Forensic Science International , 21-28DOI: ( /S (00) )
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