Fingermark detection using upconverting nanoparticles and comparison with cyanoacrylate fuming

Kanodarwala, Fehmida K.; Leśniewski, Adam; Olszowska-Łoś, Izabela; Spindler, Xanthe; Pieta, Izabela S.; Lennard, Chris; Niedziółka‐Jönsson, Joanna; Moret, Sébastien; Roux, Claude

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110915

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“…Kanodarwala et al compared the efficiency of tailor-made UCNPs with the benchmark method of cyanoacrylate fuming (CAF). Their studies concluded that, while CAF performed better across the substrates tested (aluminum foil, polyethylene, polypropylene, and glass slides), the UCNPs offered advantages for fingermark detection on multicolored, patterned, or luminous substrates owing to their unique optical properties . In another article by the same group, they used silica coated UCNPs to identify the potential pitfalls of UC fingerprinting detection techniques …”

Section: Emerging Applications Of Ucnpsmentioning

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Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Exploring A Treasure Trove of NIR-Mediated Emerging Applications

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Hrovat

Kumar

et al. 2023

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

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Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) possess the remarkable ability to convert multiple near-infrared (NIR) photons into higher energy ultraviolet−visible (UV−vis) photons, making them a prime candidate for several advanced applications within the realm of nanotechnology. Compared to traditional organic fluorophores and quantum dots (QDs), UCNPs possess narrower emission bands (fwhm of 10−50 nm), large anti-Stokes shifts, low toxicity, high chemical stability, and resistance to photobleaching and blinking. In addition, unlike UV−vis excitation, NIR excitation is nondestructive at lower power intensities and has high tissue penetration depths (up to 2 mm) with low autofluorescence and scattering. Together, these properties make UCNPs exceedingly favored for advanced bioanalytical and theranostic applications, where these systems have been well-explored. UCNPs are also well-suited for bioimaging, optically modulating chemistries, forensic science, and other state-of-the-art research applications. In this review, an up-to-date account of emerging applications in UCNP research, beyond bioanalytical and theranostics, are presented including optogenetics, super-resolution imaging, encoded barcodes, fingerprinting, NIR vision, UCNP-assisted photochemical manipulations, optical tweezers, 3D printing, lasing, NIR-II imaging, UCNP-molecule nanohybrids, and UCNP-based persistent luminescent nanocrystals.

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Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Exploring A Treasure Trove of NIR-Mediated Emerging Applications

Malhotra

Hrovat

Kumar

et al. 2023

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

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“…Silica NPs – The following papers aimed at optimizing the application of functionalized silica NPs to detect fingermarks: RuBpy-doped carboxyl-functionalized silica NPs [ 367 , 368 ] and upconverter-doped functionalized silica NPs [ 369 , 370 ]. These studies are briefly described here-below, and the most relevant observations/conclusions cited: in their first paper, Lee et al optimized the application protocol of their fluorescent silica NPs and compared their performance to [CA ➭ R6G] [ 367 ].…”

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“…Considering depletion series of natural fingermarks left on three non-porous substrates (i.e., aluminium, PE and PP films) and aged up to 13 months, the authors made the following observations: (1) multiple immersions in silica NPs working solutions could improve the quality of fingermarks without presenting any background staining issue, (2) the possibility to successfully apply silica NPs by spraying has been demonstrated, (3) silica NPs and CA are both detrimental to each other, preventing hence their application in sequence. Kanodarwala et al described the synthesis of carboxyl-capped [ 370 ] and phenyl-capped [ 369 ] upconverter-doped silica NPs. The first ones led to poor performances when applied on natural fingermarks left on aluminium.…”

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Interpol review of fingermarks and other body impressions (2019 – 2022)

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2023

Forensic Science International: Synergy

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“…Kanodarwala, Le sniewski, et al (2021) used a cyanoacrylate-rhodamine 6G (CAF-R6G) as a gold standard to compare the effectiveness of the core-shell UCNPs capped with phenyl groups (UCNP@SiO 2 -Ph) as developer across the various substrate types tested in their study. The authors could not observe the fingerprint development on glass and transparent polypropylene surfaces using UCNP@SiO 2 -Ph due to the background fluorescence.…”

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From nanomaterials to macromolecules: Innovative technologies for latent fingerprint development

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Alves

et al. 2022

WIREs Forensic Science

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The majority of conventional techniques for latent fingerprint enhancement are based on chemical reactions or interactions between the developer and fingermark residue components, providing contrast between the surface and the fingerprint ridges. However, these methods might be limited by factors associated with particle size, toxicity of the reagent, selectivity, or sensitivity, that may be circumvented by the synthetic design of innovative materials based on nanoparticles or macromolecular materials, such as conducting polymers, applied as latent fingerprint developers on different surfaces and conditions. Since the structural, optical and electronic properties of the material can be tailored by its molecular scale, the size control of the developer plays an important role to improve the interaction with the latent fingermark residue and/or the surface, enhancing the color contrast and the quality of the developed image (or dactylogram). Hence, creating new reagents and strategies to apply nano-and macromolecular scale materials as latent fingermark developers constitutes an exciting rapidly expanding area, generating a wealth of new materials that lead to forensic methodologies with enhanced performance.Recent progress in the application of such materials for development of latent fingermarks present on different surfaces and subject to complex circumstances will be discussed. This will focus on the main barriers to making nanoparticles and conducting polymers viable-and occasionally preferredmaterials routinely used by forensic experts, and the potential advantages over conventional methodologies in the acquisition and analysis of crime scene evidence.

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Fingermark detection using upconverting nanoparticles and comparison with cyanoacrylate fuming

Cited by 12 publications

References 38 publications

Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Exploring A Treasure Trove of NIR-Mediated Emerging Applications

Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Exploring A Treasure Trove of NIR-Mediated Emerging Applications

Interpol review of fingermarks and other body impressions (2019 – 2022)

From nanomaterials to macromolecules: Innovative technologies for latent fingerprint development

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