editors: Giorgia Miolo, Jacqueline L. Stair, Mire Zloh.
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Cambridge :
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Royal Society of Chemistry,
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2018
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (431 pages)
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Comprehensive series in photochemical & photobiological sciences ;
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17
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Includes index.
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Front Cover; COMPREHENSIVE SERIES IN PHOTOCHEMICAL AND PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCE; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Light for Crime Scene Examination; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. A Brief Summary on the Theory of Light; 1.3. Imaging on the Crime Scene: Finding Traces; 1.3.1. Observation in the Absorption/Reflection Mode; 1.3.2. Fluorescence; 1.3.3. Chemiluminescence; 1.4. Photographic Techniques: Documenting Traces; 1.4.1. Absorption Mode; 1.4.2. Diffuse Reflection Mode; 1.5. The Lab-on-the-scene Approach; 1.6. Conclusion; References
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1,8-Diazafluoren-9-one (DFO). The first synthesis of 1,8- Diazafluoren-9-one (DFO) (Scheme 4.4) was described in 1950 by Druey an ... 1,2-Indanedione. Although 1,2-Indanedione (1,2-IND) (Scheme 4.5) was first described in 1912,29 it had never been tested on laten ... ; 4.4. Development of Latent Fingermarks on Non-porous Substrates; 4.4.1. Cyanoacrylate Fuming and Fluorescent Post-treatment; 4.4.2. One-step Fluorescent Cyanoacrylates; 4.5. Miscellaneous Methods Based on Luminescence; 4.5.1. Fluorescent Powders; 4.5.2. Fluorescent NPs; 4.5.3. Other Methods; References
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3.3.6. Biogeographic Origin and Phenotypic Trait Inference3.4. Degradation of DNA by Light; 3.5. Summary; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4 -- Use of Light in Fingerprint Detection; 4.1. Introduction: What Is a Fingerprint; 4.2. Examination of Fingermarks Without Pretreatment; 4.2.1. Visual Examination; 4.2.2. Ultraviolet Imaging; 4.2.3. Infrared Imaging; 4.3. Development of Latent Fingermarks on Porous Substrates; 4.3.1. Ninhydrin and Post-treatment; 4.3.2. Fluorescent Analogues of Ninhydrin
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Chapter 2 -- Degradation and Damage due to Exposure to Light in Trace Evidence2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The Degradation of Polymers; 2.3. Polymer Degradation in a Forensic Context; 2.4. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 -- Use of Light in the Detection of Genetic Variation of Forensic Importance; 3.1. Introduction to DNA and RNA Structure, Function and Variation; 3.2. Enabling Technologies for DNA Analysis; 3.3. Analysis of DNA in Forensic Casework; 3.3.1. DNA Detection; 3.3.2. DNA Quantification; 3.3.3. STR Typing; 3.3.4. mtDNA Gene Sequence Identification; 3.3.5. Body Fluid Identification
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Chapter 5 -- Light as an Ionizing Agent in Mass Spectrometry. Microbial Identification by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Mass Spectrometry5.1. Introduction to Mass Spectrometry; 5.2. Electron Beams as Ionizing Agent; 5.2.1. Electron Ionization; 5.3. Gas Phase Reactions as Ionizing Agent; 5.3.1. Chemical Ionization (CI); 5.3.2. Negative-ion Chemical Ionization (NCI); 5.4. Atmospheric Pressure Ionization (API) Processes; 5.4.1. Electrospray Ionization (ESI); 5.4.2. Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI); 5.5. Light as Ionizing Agent
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book details the analysis of forensic evidence by light-based techniques, as well as the negative effects of light in the degradation of samples.