Latent fingerprints (LFs) are commonly encountered at crime scenes. Developing the LFs clearly is the precondition for further analysis and identification. In this work, titanium dioxide-coated carbon dots (CDs@TiO₂) fluorescent nanosuspensions were prepared and used for high-quality LF development. Firstly, carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized via a solvothermal approach using citric acid and urea as raw materials and N,N-dimethylformamide as solvent. Then, CDs@TiO₂ nanomaterials (NMs) were formed by coating CDs with a layer of TiO₂ shell based on the ammonia-catalyzed hydrolysis of titanium butoxide, and the synthesis conditions were optimized. The optimized synthesis conditions were as follows: the amount of CDs, tetrabutyl orthotitanate, water, and ammonium hydroxide was 3.0, 1.5, 1.5, and 0.1 mL, respectively, the reaction temperature was 50 ℃, and the dropping period was 30 min. After that, the morphology, composition, structure, and optics properties of CDs and CDs@TiO₂ NMs were characterized. Characterization results showed that, CDs were near spherical with anaverage diameter of 7.54 nm, they could give characteristic Raman scattering peaks as well as infrared absorption peaks of CDs, and possessed the crystal structure of hexagonal graphite, their UV absorption peak was at 343 nm, and their maximum fluorescence excitation and emission wavelength was at 450 and 567 nm respectively; CDs@TiO₂ were irregularly spherical with an average diameter of 114.85 nm, they could give characteristic Raman scattering peaks as well as infrared absorption peaks of both CDs and TiO₂, and possessed the crystal structureof both hexagonal graphite and tetragonal rutile TiO₂, their UV absorption peak was at 321 nm, and their maximum fluorescence excitation and emission wavelength was at 387 and 529 nm respectively. Finally, CDs@TiO₂ NMs were made into nanosuspension for developing LFs via hydrophobic interaction. The development conditions were optimized, and the results of LF development were investigated in detail. The optimized development conditions were as follows: the concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate and choline chloride was 1.0‰~2.0‰ and 4.0‰~6.0‰ respectively, and the developing time period was 10~20 s. Experimental results showed that, the LFs could emit bright blue fluorescence under 490 nm excitation, which exhibited coherent and clear papillate ridges and distinct minutiae. Our proposed method based on CDs@TiO₂ fluorescent nanosuspensions could develop the LFs on common smooth and non-porous substrates with high quality, possessing enough contrast, high sensitivity, good selectivity, and wide applicability.