Carbogenically coated silica nanoparticles and their forensic applications

Kelarakis, Antonios orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8112-5176, Krysmann, Marta orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8036-4925 and Fernandes, D (2016) Carbogenically coated silica nanoparticles and their forensic applications. Chemical Communications, 52 . pp. 8294-8296. ISSN 1359-7345

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CC02556K

Abstract

Carbogenically coated silica nanoparticles (C-SiO2) exhibit color-tunability and carry great promise for two important forensic applications. First, the C-SiO2 nanopowders are ideal for fingerprint development, yielding strong contrast against multicoloured and patterned backgrounds. Second, spontaneous nanoparticle aggregation leads to non-duplicable, inexpensive nanotags that can support sustainable technologies to combat counterfeiting.


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