Lipid-Specific latent fingerprint detection: fingerprints on currency
Allred, CE
Students and professor, respectively, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, and Center for Forensic Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Lin, T
Students and professor, respectively, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, and Center for Forensic Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Menzel, ER
Students and professor, respectively, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, and Center for Forensic Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.


Abstract
We describe a lipid-specific lanthanide-based method of latent fingerprint detection, specifically its application to fingerprints on currency. In the counterfeiting context, the method allows one to distinguish between fingerprints placed on the paper before and after the ink deposition.

Keywords:
counterfeiting, criminalistics, currency, fingerprints, forensic science, lanthanides, latent fingerprints, lipids

Paper ID: JFS426970997

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