A5066058395- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Building materials and conservation
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Ion-surface interactions and analysis
- Architecture and Art History Studies
- Antimicrobial agents and applications
- Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
- Currency Recognition and Detection
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Ga2O3 and related materials
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Polymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Random lasers and scattering media
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
2019-2025
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
2021-2024
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I
2019
University of Rome Tor Vergata
2016-2018
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
1997
The properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based composites recommend this material as a good candidate for the replacement damaged cartilage, subchondral bone, meniscus, humeral joint and other orthopedic applications. manufacturing process can be manipulated to generate desired biomechanical properties. However, main shortcomings PVA hydrogels are related poor strength bioactivity. To overcome situation, reinforcing elements added matrix. aim our work was develop characterize novel...
Detectors are a key feature of the contemporary scientific approach to cultural heritage (CH), both for diagnostics and conservation. INFN-CHNet is network Italian National Institute Nuclear Physics that develops applies new instrumentation study CH. This process results in optimized traditional state-of-the-art highly innovative detection setups spectrometric techniques. Examples former X-rays, gamma-rays, visible-light particles spectrometers tailored CH applications, with performances,...
Sheep‐shearing practices probably started in the Neolithic Age when genetic selection of sheep began to be successful obtaining animals with abundant wool. Flint and obsidian were main materials used manufacture tools for this purpose. From shearing, lanolin wax is accumulated onto shearing tools. Lanolin a complex mixture esters polyesters, alcohols, fatty acids, hydrocarbons produced mainly by protect skin wool from environmental agents. Due its chemistry, relatively difficult...
The study and preservation of illuminated manuscripts, particularly miniatures on parchment, are crucial for understanding the artistic, cultural, technological history past. This research investigates materials used in a 16th-century scroll, analyzing both written text through non-invasive techniques. A multi-analytical approach was applied, including optical microscopy, Hypercolorimetric Multispectral Imaging (HMI), Infrared Reflectography 950-1700 nm range, Fiber Optics Reflectance...
IR Reflectography applied to the identification of hidden details paintings is extremely useful for authentication purposes and revealing technical features. Recently, multispectral imaging has replaced traditional techniques thanks possibility select specific spectral ranges bringing out interesting paintings. VIS–NIR–SWIR images one The Drunkenness Noah versions painted by Andrea Sacchi, acquired with a modified reflex InGaAs cameras, are presented in this research. Starting from we...
San Nicola in Carcere, one of the minor basilicas historical center Rome, was location a wide investigation campaign water-related deterioration causes, present lower sector apse and adjacent pillars, affected by water infiltrations, mould salt efflorescence. The results obtained identify presence content related effects mainly on sides apsidal wall. This work focuses use five Non-Destructive Techniques (NDT) intends to show gains integrating widely interdisciplinary methods, namely Infrared...
Abstract We report on the electrodynamics of MnBi 2 Te 4 thin films, an intrinsic magnetic topological material. study its optical conductivity from terahertz (THz) to ultraviolet (UV) frequencies as a function film thickness, highlighting presence surface states superimposed bulk response. For thinnest film, where charge transport is dominated by Dirac states, we investigate effect phase transition high-temperature protected state low-temperature (time-reversal broken) measuring across Néel...
Abstract In this work, we studied the hydrothermal agates from Neogene–Quaternary volcanic district of Allumiere-Tolfa, north-west Rome (Latium, Italy) using a combination micro-textural, spectroscopic, and geochemical data. The examined sample consists (1) an outer cristobalite layer deposited during early stages growth, (2) sequence chalcedonic bands (including i.e., length-fast, zebraic, minor length-slow chalcedony) with variable moganite content (up to ca. 48 wt%), (3) inner terminated...
In the last decades, working methods of late medieval illuminators have been widely discussed by art historians and codicologists. Non-invasive analyses are able to characterise painting as well investigate artistic collaborations among them. The aim this study was palettes techniques different artists who illuminated two leaves from an early fourteenth century manuscript. were carried out with non-invasive portable such Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometry, Fiber...
Abstract The diffusion of light by random materials is a general phenomenon that appears in many different systems, spanning from colloidal suspension liquid crystals to disordered metal sponges and paper composed fibers. Random scattering also key element behind mimicry several animals, such as white beetles chameleons. Here, related micro nanosized spatial structures affecting broad electromagnetic region. In this work, we have investigated how modulates the optical properties, terahertz...
Abstract This paper reports on the instrumentation and expertise developed within INFN-CHNet network for X-ray neutron imaging, which enable non-invasive identification of materials production processes in field cultural heritage. is Italian National Institute Nuclear Physics specifically dedicated to development application scientific methods technologies article focuses portable MA-XRF scanners, often complemented by additional techniques, PIXE imaging a newly accelerator, radiography...
The interaction of cytochrome c (cyt c) with natural and synthetic membranes is known to be a complex phenomenon, involving both protein lipid conformational changes. In this paper, we combined infrared fluorescence spectroscopy study the structural transformation occurring network cardiolipin-containing large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs). data, collected at increasing protein/lipid ratio, demonstrate existence multi-phase process, which characterized by: (i) cyt polar heads; (ii) anchorage...