Preliminary forensic assessment of the visualised fingerprints on nonporous substrates immersed in water using the green and optimised novel nanobio-based reagent

• Main Authors: Azman, Aida Rasyidah, Mahat, Naji Arafat, Abdul Wahab, Roswanira, Ahmad, Wan Azlina, Ismail, Dzulkiflee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/103994/1/AidaRasyidahAzman2022_PreliminaryForensicAssessmentoftheVisualised.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/103994/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18929-8

The discovery of forensic evidence (e.g. weapons) during forensic underwater investigations has seen an increasing trend. To date, small particle reagent (SPR) has been one of the routinely used methods for visualising fingerprints on wet, non-porous substrates. However, the long term use of SPR is...