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Optical measurement of contact forces using frustrated total internal reflection (2018)
Journal Article
Sharp, J. S., Poole, S. F., & Kleiman, B. W. (2018). Optical measurement of contact forces using frustrated total internal reflection. Physical Review Applied, 10(3), Article 034051. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.10.034051

A simple device based on the principle of frustrated total internal reflection is used to image the regions of contact between rubber objects and a large-area perspex waveguide. Measurements of the intensity of light scattered at the interface are fo... Read More about Optical measurement of contact forces using frustrated total internal reflection.

Exposing latent fingermarks on problematic metal surfaces using time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (2018)
Journal Article
Thandauthapani, T. D., Reeve, A. J., Long, A. S., Turner, I. J., & Sharp, J. S. (2018). Exposing latent fingermarks on problematic metal surfaces using time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy. Science and Justice, 58(6), 405-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2018.08.004

Fingermarks are a key form of physical evidence for identifying persons of interest and linking them to the scene of a crime. Visualising latent (hidden) fingermarks can be difficult and the correct choice of techniques is essential to develop and pr... Read More about Exposing latent fingermarks on problematic metal surfaces using time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy.