User:Meganmwolf/Fingerprint powder

Further Applications/Uses
'''Fingerprint powder is useful for the detection and collection of latent fingerprints, but that is not all the analysis that can be done. Kaplan, LeBeau, and Miller conducted a study where they tested fingerprint development methods with the MALDI/TOF MS. The fingerprint powder was found to be useful as a MALDI matrix. This instrument can identify may compounds. In the study, fingerprints tested contained known solvent residues. The fingerprint powder along with the MALDI matrix had the highest average detection rates of (88%). Since this study was controlled, it is known that the use of this further application with the MALDI/TOF MS would be effective.'''