This review focuses on the progress made and recent developments regarding the use of
portable Raman spectrometric devices in the geosciences as well as with scientific testing of …

Minerals, as raw structural materials or pigments, play a fundamental role in archaeometry,
for the understanding of nature, structure and status of an artefact or object of interest for …

The applications of analytical Raman spectroscopy in the characterisation of materials
associated with archaeologically excavated artefacts, forensic investigations of drugs of …

Raman spectroscopy is considered as one of the most appreciated analytical techniques in
the cultural heritage research field, thanks to some of its favourable characteristics such as …

The miniaturisation of laser sources, charge‐coupled device electronic control boxes and
increasing Lap‐top computer capacity led to a revolution in Raman spectrometry …

Raman spectroscopy is widely applied in the cultural heritage field to perform non-
destructive measurements in situ, in order to identify materials, specifically pigments. The …

Mobile instrumentation is of growing importance to archaeometry research. Equipment is
utilized in the field or at museums, thus avoiding transportation or risk of damage to valuable …

Glass has been used in widespread applications within several sectors since ancient times
and it has been systematically studied under different perspectives. However, its …

We report and discuss results of atom probe tomography (APT) and energy-filtered
transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) applied to a borosilicate glass sample of nuclear …

Zinc bismuth borate glasses modified by lithium oxide with composition (25-x) Bi 2 O 3–60B
2 O 3–15ZnO-xLi 2 O, where, x= 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 mol% have been synthesized using …