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RESEARCH TOPICS: Raman spectroscopy is a non-destructive technique suited for the analysis of natural materials and manufacts based on the diffusion phenomenon of a monochromatic electromagnetic radiation by the analyzed sample. It is used in the study of materials, in the solid, liquid or in the gas state and has a wide range of applications and developments in the following fields:
- mineralogy, petrology and gemology, for the characterization of minerals, fluids and rocks of various nature and origin;
- cultural heritage;
- public health and environmental studies, for characterization of ecotoxic fibers and compounds and of microplastics)
- analysis of human, animal and plant cells and tissues.

MAIN LAB USERS 
M. Scambelluri, D. Belmonte, R. Cabella, M. Capello, C. Carbone, L. Cutroneo, L. Gaggero, P. Marescotti (DISTAV UniGe); F. Buatier De Mongeot (DIFI UniGe); N. Malaspina (Dip. Scienze Ambiente e Terra UniMib); E. Cannaò (Dip. Scienze della Terra UniMi)

LINK TO RESEARCH LINES, PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Physical protection of marine-maritime environments (https://distav.unige.it/en/node/704)
Ecotoxic elements and environmental degradation (https://distav.unige.it/node/705)
Geodynamics and tectonics of Earth and other planets (https://distav.unige.it/node/700).

Papers
Campomenosi N. et al. 2018. American Mineralogist 103, 2032-2035
Campomenosi N., et al. 2020. American Mineralogist 105, 992-1001.
Campomenosi N., et al. 2021. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 176:36
Cutroneo et al., Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29, 9375Ð9385
Grieco G.et al. 2023 Minerals, 13, 159. 
Reboa et al. 2022 Marine Pollution Bulletin 177 (2022) 113531
Rotondo et al. 2020 Ofioliti https://doi.org/10.4454/ofioliti.v46i1.535
Scambelluri et al., 2022 Lithos 428-4129, 106813 

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT: 
Microraman Horiba Xplora Plus
Microscopio Zeiss computerizzato Imager.M2m

TEACHING ACTIVITIES: Analytical Methods for Geomaterials