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Detection of latent prints by Raman imaging

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OSTI ID:1013406

The present invention relates to a method for detecting a print on a surface, the method comprising: (a) contacting the print with a Raman surface-enhancing agent to produce a Raman-enhanced print; and (b) detecting the Raman-enhanced print using a Raman spectroscopic method. The invention is particularly directed to the imaging of latent fingerprints.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
7,869,031
Application Number:
12/180,157
OSTI ID:
1013406
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Enhanced plasmon coupling in crossed dielectric/metal nanowire composite geometries and applications to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy journal February 2007
Measurement of Chenodeoxycholic Acid and Deoxycholic Acid or their Derivatives in a Mixture journal January 1965
The detection of drugs of abuse in fingerprints using Raman spectroscopy I: latent fingerprints journal February 2004

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