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Deterring gun crime materially using forensic coatings

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 221; Issue: 1-3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.04.021

1872-6283

Paul Sermon, Myles Worsley, Yu Cheng, Lee Courtney, Verity Shinar-Bush, Olim Ruzimuradov, Andy J. Hopwood, Michael R. Edwards, Bekim Gashi, David Harrison, Yanmeng Xu,

Ion-surface interactions and analysis

Surface coatings that can help deter and solve gun crime are described. These nanoengineered coatings have been applied and evaluated on brass cartridge cases, where they increase associative forensic evidence through nanotag donation to the handler and the retention of handler's DNA. In future we expect this approach to be used for other surfaces and conditions.