On the cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry issue 45 the image of a fingerprint washed from a steel surface is revealed (in false colour) thanks to polymerisation of S2N2 on the print’s corrosion signature.
The image is taken from the paper Polymerisation of S2N2 to (SN)x as a tool for the rapid imaging of fingerprints removed from metal surfaces by Stephen M. Bleay, Paul F. Kelly and Roberto S. P. King. This article was featured in the RSC’s Highlights in Chemical Technology supplement: Polymerisation reveals hidden fingerprints.
