Surface composition in the physical developer process for latent fingerprint visualization

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Physical developer (PD) is a latent fingerprint development technique that is highly effective on paper and related surfaces, notably banknotes. The process exploits a redox reaction in which Ag(I) ions in solution are reduced by Fe(II), resulting in deposition of metallic silver on fingerprint residue on the surface. The standard formulation includes both a cationic and non-ionic surfactant, whose presence is critical to formulation stability and efficacy, but whose role is poorly understood. However, the surfactant adsorption can be expected to play a significant role. Here, we seek to extend our study from a successful initial experiment studying the cationic surfactant alone to understand the competitive nature of adsorption between the two surfactants on a silver surface using specular neutron reflectivity. The outcomes will guide optimization of the PD and derivative process.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.83681467
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/83681467
Provenance
Creator Dr Rob Barker; Dr Rachel Sapstead; Dr Andrew Ballantyne; Professor Karl Ryder; Professor Robert Hillman; Dr Jodie Coulston; Dr Mario Campana
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2020
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-03-24T09:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2017-03-27T08:00:00Z