<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Only black inkjet prints were studied with regard to forensic examination of documents. We analysed twenty-one inkjet prints using surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). The present paper deals with micro-destructive document analysis based on silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) use to obtain surface enhanced ATR-FTIR (attenuated total reflection - Fourier transform infrared) spectra directly from the document. For this experiment, AgNPs in colloid form was applied. AgNPs for SEIRAS analyses were synthesised and afterwards analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The purpose of the enhancement of colloids was to improve the resolution of the absorption signal of the analysed samples from noise. In the experiment, the obtained ink ATR-FTIR spectra, with and without silver treatment, were significantly affected by the paper base.</p></abstract>

Only black inkjet prints were studied with regard to forensic examination of documents. We analysed twenty-one inkjet prints using surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). The present paper deals with micro-destructive document analysis based on silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) use to obtain surface enhanced ATR-FTIR (attenuated total reflection - Fourier transform infrared) spectra directly from the document. For this experiment, AgNPs in colloid form was applied. AgNPs for SEIRAS analyses were synthesised and afterwards analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The purpose of the enhancement of colloids was to improve the resolution of the absorption signal of the analysed samples from noise. In the experiment, the obtained ink ATR-FTIR spectra, with and without silver treatment, were significantly affected by the paper base.

Study of surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) of black inkjet prints using silver colloid

Acta Chimica Slovaca

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Only black inkjet prints were studied with regard to forensic examination of documents. We analysed twenty-one inkjet prints using surface-enhanced infrared...

Study of surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) of black inkjet prints using silver colloid

Published Online: Jun 23, 2017

Page range: 65 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acs-2017-0011

Keywords
SEIRAS, SEM, inkjet prints, silver colloid

© Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Study of surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) of black inkjet prints using silver colloid

Published Online: Jun 23, 2017

Page range: 65 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acs-2017-0011

KeywordsSEIRAS, SEM, inkjet prints, silver colloid

© Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
SEIRAS, SEM, inkjet prints, silver colloid