Detection of nitro-organic and peroxide explosives in latent fingermarks by DART- and SALDI-TOF-mass spectrometry

• Main Authors: Ma, Jan, Loke, Jason, Rowell, Frederick, Seviour, John, Lim, Angelina Yimei, Elumbaring-Salazar, Cheryl Grace
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97760; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11146
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The ability of two mass spectrometric methods, surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (SALDI-TOF-MS) and direct analysis in real time (DART-MS), to detect the presence of seven common explosives (six nitro-organic- and one peroxide-type) in spiked latent finger...