title: Use of stains to detect fingermarks.
abstract: Detection of fingermarks at a crime scene or on related items is of prime interest for forensic investigators, mainly for identification purposes. Most of the fingermarks are invisible to the naked eye, however. The application of detection techniques is required to establish visual contrast between the secretion residue and the underlying substrate. We give here a review of the field related to the concept of using stains to detect fingermarks. A distinction has been made between the physically driven classical detection techniques, the chemically driven ones, and those based on nanostructured materials, an emerging field in forensic science.
authors.affiliation: School of Criminal Sciences - Forensic Science (Institut de Police Scientifique), Batochime, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. andy.becue@unil.ch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moret
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Champod
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Margot
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D012634:Bodily Secretions / Q000737:chemistry*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002934:Cinnamates / Q000737:chemistry; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D044707:Forensic Sciences / Q000379:methods*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D049449:Luminescence; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009993:Osmium Tetroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D011208:Powders / Q000737:chemistry; D017975:Ruthenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D012835:Silver Nitrate / Q000737:chemistry; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014508:Urea / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001391:Azo Compounds; D002934:Cinnamates; D003102:Colloids; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D011208:Powders; D017975:Ruthenium Compounds; D006046:Gold; D014508:Urea; D012835:Silver Nitrate; C027646:ruthenium tetraoxide; C018523:4-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde; C011049:oil red O; D009993:Osmium Tetroxide; C049005:C.I. solvent red 3