JOURNAL ARTICLE

Nanoparticle-Enhanced Fluorescence Imaging of Latent Fingerprints Reveals Drug Abuse

Wolfbeis, Otto S.

Year: 2010 Journal:   University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg)   Publisher: University of Regensburg

Abstract

No sweat! The sweat in a latent fingerprint (LFP) can contain orally ingested drugs and their metabolites. In a new method for drug detection, primary antibodies(Abs) against drug metabolites are conjugated to magnetic nanoparticles (NPs). The LFP is incubated with the NPs, excess particles removed, and the LFP treated with a fluorescently labeled secondary antibody. Fluorescence imaging then allows characterization.

Keywords:
Fluorescence Drug Fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy Fingerprint (computing) Molecular imaging

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Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Safety Research
Analytical chemistry methods development
Physical Sciences →  Chemistry →  Analytical Chemistry
Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
Life Sciences →  Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics →  Toxicology
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