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![This thumbprint appeared after researchers sprayed it with a super glue.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106200446im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/print1_f.jpg) |
This thumbprint appeared after researchers sprayed it with a super glue, a process that forensic scientists use at crime scenes. The print is visible because chemicals in the residue from the finger reacted with the glue to form tiny, 3-dimensional structures.
Credit: Greg Greico, Penn State |
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![Polymer fibers grow on a fingerprint.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106200446im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/print2_f.jpg) |
Polymer fibers grow on a fingerprint at 30 degrees Celsius and a relative humidity of more than 95 percent. Image (a) is a low-magnification view, and image (b) shows a close-up view of the same (the inset shows the top view of fiber).
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![Pennsylvania State University team studies the fingerprint-cyanoacrylate relationship.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106200446im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/print3_f.jpg) |
From left to right, the Pennsylvania State University team that studied the fingerprint-cyanoacrylate relationship: Henry C. Foley, professor of chemical engineering and director of the project; Pratik J. Mankidy, doctoral candidate in chemical engineering; and Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, research associate.
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![Henry C. Foley, professor of chemical engineering at Pennsylvania State University](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106200446im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/print4_f.jpg) |
Henry C. Foley, professor of chemical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, directs the cyanoacrylate-fiber study.
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![Researchers used the chemical reaction to create "tortellini-like" polymer films.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106200446im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/print5_f.jpg) |
Researchers use sodium hydroxide to initiate the chemical reaction with the cyanoacrylate to create "tortellini-like" polymer films.
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![The researchers grew these polymer nanofibers using a synthetic starting mixture.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106200446im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/print6_f.jpg) |
Researchers grew these polymer nanofibers using a synthetic starting mixture of linoleic acid and salt water. The inset showing the same area at a higher magnification.
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![Scanning electron microscope images of nanofibers of poly (ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106200446im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/print7_f.jpg) |
Nanofibers of poly (ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate) were grown on fingerprint ridges at 30 degrees Celsius at a relative humidity of more than 95 percent over a period of 16 hours. Scanning electron microscope image (a) shows a low magnification view; image (b) shows a close-up view of the ridge pattern; image (c) shows a close-up view of the nanofibers; and image (d) is a magnified view of a single fiber.
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