Microwave Selective Thermal Development of Latent Fingerprints on Porous Surfaces: Potentialities of the Method and Preliminary Experimental Results†
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Roberto Rosa Ph.D.
Interdepartmental Center for Research on Security and Safety (CRIS), Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Vignolese 905, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Roberto Rosa, Ph.D.
Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
via Vignolese 905
Modena 41125
Italy
E-mail: [email protected].
Search for more papers by this authorPaolo Veronesi Ph.D.
Interdepartmental Center for Research on Security and Safety (CRIS), Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Vignolese 905, 41125 Modena, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCristina Leonelli Ph.D.
Interdepartmental Center for Research on Security and Safety (CRIS), Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Vignolese 905, 41125 Modena, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Roberto Rosa Ph.D.
Interdepartmental Center for Research on Security and Safety (CRIS), Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Vignolese 905, 41125 Modena, Italy
Additional information and reprint requests:
Roberto Rosa, Ph.D.
Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
via Vignolese 905
Modena 41125
Italy
E-mail: [email protected].
Search for more papers by this authorPaolo Veronesi Ph.D.
Interdepartmental Center for Research on Security and Safety (CRIS), Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Vignolese 905, 41125 Modena, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCristina Leonelli Ph.D.
Interdepartmental Center for Research on Security and Safety (CRIS), Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Vignolese 905, 41125 Modena, Italy
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The thermal development of latent fingerprints on paper surfaces is a simple, safe, and chemicals-free method, based on the faster heating of the substrate underlying the print residue. Microwave heating is proposed for the first time for the development of latent fingerprints on cellulose-based substrate, in order to add to the thermal development mechanism the further characteristic of being able to heat the fingerprint residues to a different extent with respect to the substrate, due to the intrinsic difference in their dielectric properties. Numerical simulation was performed to confirm and highlight the selectivity of microwaves, and preliminary experimental results point out the great potentialities of this technique, which allowed developing both latent sebaceous-rich and latent eccrine-rich fingerprints on different porous surfaces, in less than 30 sec time with an applied output power of 500 W. Microwaves demonstrated more effectiveness in the development of eccrine-rich residues, aged up to 12 weeks.
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