The optimisation of fingermark enhancement by VMD and Lumicyano™ on thermal paper
- Submitting institution
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Abertay University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 23384634
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.scijus.2019.10.004
- Title of journal
- Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society
- Article number
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- First page
- 160
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1355-0306
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- Yes
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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B - Forensics
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Vacuum metal deposition (VMD) is a rapidly growing technique for developing latent fingerprints. This paper demonstrates and mitigates factors that can affect the quality of development, and is integrated into the process development by manufacturer West Technologies Forensic, who have expanded this field into a £8.5Million sector. This work is also part of the underpinning validation to achieve accreditation of laboratories to ISO standards, required by the Forensic Science Regulator for ensuring quality across the sector.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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