title: Carbon dot based nanopowders and their application for fingerprint recovery.
abstract: The incorporation of a minor amount of carbogenic nanoparticles into powder compositions imparts remarkable colour-tuneability, without compromising the flowability. In a proof-of-concept demonstration we report the use of these hybrid nanopowders for the visual enhancement of latent fingerprints where they effectively resolve issues arising from poor contrast against multi-coloured or patterned backgrounds.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Materials Science, School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR12HE, UK. akelarakis@uclan.ac.uk antonios.kelarakis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Krysmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kelarakis
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011208:Powders / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011208:Powders; D002244:Carbon