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  1. Crystal structure and doping in synthetic enstatite: an analysis of Li/Fe3+-doped single-crystal samples

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials, January 2025, International Union of Crystallography

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  2. Another Potentially Hazardous Zeolite from Northern Italy: Fibrous Mordenite

    Article • Minerals, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  3. Fibrous Ferrierite from Northern Italy: Mineralogical Characterization, Surface Properties, and Assessment of Potential Toxicity

    Article • Minerals, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  4. Modelling the Fenton reaction of amphibole asbestos

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  5. Celleriite, ☐(Mn22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH), a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup

    Article • American Mineralogist, January 2022, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  6. Surface and Bulk Modifications of Fibrous Erionite in Mimicked Gamble’s Solution at Acidic pH

    Article • Minerals, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  7. Thermal conductivity of Triassic evaporites

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  8. Recommended X-ray single-crystal structure refinement and Rietveld refinement procedure for tremolite

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials, July 2021, International Union of Crystallography

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  9. Towards a detailed comprehension of the inertisation processes of amphibole asbestos:in situhigh-temperature behaviour of fibrous tremolite

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, November 2020, Mineralogical Society

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  10. Crystal Chemical and Structural Characterization of Natural and Cation-Exchanged Mexican Erionite

    Article • Minerals, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  11. Chemical reactivity of thermal treated naturally occurring amphibole asbestos

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  12. Dissolution of amphibole asbestos in modified Gamble’s solution at pH 4.5: a combined ICP-OES, XPS and TEM investigation

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  13. Raman spectroscopy and laser-induced degradation of groutellite and ramsdellite, two cathode materials of technological interest

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  14. Piezoelectric Effect and Electroactive Phase Nucleation in Self-Standing Films of Unpoled PVDF Nanocomposite Films

    Article • Nanomaterials, September 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  15. Piezoelectric Thin Films of ZnO-Nanorods/Nanowalls Grown by Chemical Bath Deposition

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, March 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Peiman Soltani, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  16. The Geological Roles Played by Microfungi in Interaction with Sulfide Minerals from Libiola Mine, Liguria, Italy

    Article • Geomicrobiology Journal, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Pietro Marescotti, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  17. Prismatic to Asbestiform Offretite from Northern Italy: Occurrence, Morphology and Crystal-Chemistry of a New Potentially Hazardous Zeolite

    Article • Minerals, February 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  18. Different Erionite Species Bind Iron into the Structure: A Potential Explanation for Fibrous Erionite Toxicity

    Article • Minerals, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  19. Thermal Stability of Woolly Erionite-K and Considerations about the Heat-Induced Behaviour of the Erionite Group

    Article • Minerals, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  20. The mechanism of iron binding processes in erionite fibres

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  21. Iron within the erionite cavity and its potential role in inducing its toxicity: Evidence of Fe (III) segregation as extra-framework cation

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, January 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  22. Zinc Oxide Nanorods-Decorated Graphene Nanoplatelets: A Promising Antimicrobial Agent against the Cariogenic Bacterium Streptococcus mutans

    Article • Nanomaterials, September 2016, MDPI AG

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  23. Fe (II) segregation at a specific crystallographic site of fibrous erionite: A first step toward the understanding of the mechanisms inducing its carcinogenicity

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, July 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  24. Crystal chemical and structural modifications of erionite fibers leached with simulated lung fluids

    Article • American Mineralogist, April 2015, GeoScienceWorld

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  25. Thermal behaviour of alum-(K) KAl(SO4)2·12H2O from in situ laboratory high-temperature powder X-ray diffraction data: thermal expansion and modelling of the sulfate orientational disorder

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, February 2015, Mineralogical Society

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  26. A combined use of optical microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction and micro-Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of ancient ceramic from Ebla (Syria)

    Article • Ceramics International, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Laura Medeghini, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  27. Asbestos fibre identification vs. evaluation of asbestos hazard in ophiolitic rock mélanges, a case study from the Ligurian Alps (Italy)

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  28. Thermal behaviour of cinnabar, α-HgS, and the kinetics of the β-HgS (metacinnabar) - α-HgS conversion at room temperature

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, March 2014, Schweizerbart

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  29. New morphological, chemical, and structural data of woolly erionite-Na from Durkee, Oregon, U.S.A.

    Article • American Mineralogist, November 2013, GeoScienceWorld

    Professor Marco Rossi, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  30. Crystal chemical and structural investigation of levyne-Na

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, October 2013, Mineralogical Society

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  31. A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study of Solid Octyl and Decylammonium Chlorides and of Their Aqueous Solutions

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, June 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  32. Phase transitions in the Mg CO2H2O system and the thermal decomposition of dypingite, Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2· 5H2O: Implications for geosequestration of carbon dioxide

    Article • Chemical Geology, February 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  33. Dehydration dynamics and thermal stability of erionite-K: Experimental evidence of the “internal ionic exchange” mechanism

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, November 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  34. Thermal behavior of realgar As4S4, and of arsenolite As2O3 and non-stoichiometric As8S8+x crystals produced from As4S4 melt recrystallization

    Article • American Mineralogist, August 2012, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  35. Haüyne: mutual cations/anionic groups arrangement and thermal expansion mechanism

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  36. Thermal behavior of afghanite, an ABABACAC member of the cancrinite group

    Article • American Mineralogist, March 2012, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  37. Crystal Polymorphism of Hexylammonium Chloride and Structural Properties of Its Mixtures with Water

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, March 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ruggero Caminiti, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  38. Crystal Polymorphism of Hexylammonium Chloride and Structural Properties of Its Mixtures with Water

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, February 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ruggero Caminiti, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  39. The crystal structure of sacrofanite, the 74Å phase of the cancrinite–sodalite supergroup

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Camara, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  40. The thermal behaviour of liottite

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  41. Characterization of spent zinc–carbon and alkaline batteries by SEM-EDS, TGA/DTA and XRPD analysis

    Article • Thermochimica Acta, November 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  42. Structure of the Molten Salt Methyl Ammonium Nitrate Explored by Experiments and Theory

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  43. Crystal Polymorphism of Propylammonium Chloride and Structural Properties of Its Mixture with Water

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ruggero Caminiti, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  44. Thermal and Structural Properties of Ethylammonium Chloride and Its Mixture with Water

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alessandro Triolo, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  45. Laboratory parallel-beam transmission X-ray powder diffraction investigation of the thermal behavior of nitratine NaNO3: spontaneous strain and structure evolution

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  46. Thermal behaviour of natrite Na2CO3 in the 303–1013 K thermal range

    Article • Phase Transitions, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  47. The thermal behaviour and structural stability of nesquehonite, MgCO3·3H2O, evaluated by in situ laboratory parallel-beam X-ray powder diffraction: New constraints on CO2 sequestration within minerals

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, June 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  48. Thermal behaviour and kinetics of dehydration in air of bassanite, calcium sulphate hemihydrate (CaSO40.5H2O), from X-ray powder diffraction

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, October 2009, Schweizerbart

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  49. Structural and spectroscopic characterization of a suite of fibrous amphiboles with high environmental and health relevance from Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy)

    Article • American Mineralogist, October 2009, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  50. Crystal structure and iron topochemistry of erionite-K from Rome, Oregon, U.S.A.

    Article • American Mineralogist, August 2009, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  51. Kinetics of α-PcCu → β-PcCu Isothermal Conversion in Air and Thermal Behavior of β-PcCu from in Situ Real-Time Laboratory Parallel-Beam X-ray Powder Diffraction

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, June 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  52. Thermal behavior of trehalose dihydrate (T h) and β-anhydrous trehalose (T β) by in-situ laboratory parallel-beam X-ray powder diffraction

    Article • Structural Chemistry, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  53. Thermal behaviour and kinetics of dehydration of gypsum in air from in situ real-time laboratory parallel-beam X-ray powder diffraction

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  54. Atomic pair distribution function (PDF) study of iron oxide nanoparticles in aqueous suspension

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  55. Structural features in Tutton's salts K2[M2+(H2O)6](SO4)2, with M2+ = Mg, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn

    Article • American Mineralogist, January 2009, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  56. Overcoming the Inadequacy of X-ray Powder Diffraction in Reliable Hydrogen Location with the Aid of First Principles Calculations: Crystal Structure Determination of Orotaldehyde Monohydrate

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, December 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  57. The thermal behaviour of γ-CaSO4

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  58. Kinetics of gypsum dehydration at reduced pressure: an energy dispersive X-ray diffraction study

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, August 2008, Schweizerbart

    Dr Marilena Carbone, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  59. Crystal chemical and structural characterization of fibrous tremolite from Susa Valley, Italy, with comments on potential harmful effects on human health

    Article • American Mineralogist, August 2008, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  60. The use of energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXD) for the investigation of the structural and compositional features of old and modern papers

    Article • Microchemical Journal, April 2008, Elsevier

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  61. Thermal behaviour of β-anhydrite CaSO4 to 1,263 K

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  62. Redetermination of the Tutton's salt Cs2[Cu(H2O)6](SO4)2

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, June 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  63. STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL CONTRASTS BETWEEN PRISMATIC AND FIBROUS FLUORO-EDENITE FROM BIANCAVILLA, SICILY, ITALY

    Article • The Canadian Mineralogist, April 2007, Mineralogical Association of Canada

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  64. Rietveld refinement of the Tutton's salt Rb2[Cu(H2O)6](SO4)2from parallel-beam X-ray powder diffraction data

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, January 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  65. Polyethylene Structure as a Function of Temperature: An EDXD Investigation

    Article • Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B, December 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Marilena Carbone, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  66. In-situ X-ray transmission powder diffraction study of the kinetics of the light induced alteration of realgar (-As4S4)

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, November 2006, Schweizerbart

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  67. Crystal chemistry of the halotrichite group XAl2(SO4)4 22H2O: the X = Fe-Mg-Mn-Zn compositional tetrahedron

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, July 2006, Schweizerbart

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  68. Structural Characterization of Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide (USPIO) Particles in Aqueous Suspension by Energy Dispersive X-ray Diffraction (EDXD)

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  69. Mineralogical characterization of the blue pigment of Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgment"

    Article • American Mineralogist, July 2006, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  70. Rietveld refinement of the Tutton salt K2[Fe(H2O)6](SO4)2

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, February 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  71. Crystal chemical and structural characterization of an unusual CO3-bearing sodalite-group mineral

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, January 2006, Schweizerbart

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  72. Refinement of the structure of synthetic syngenite K2Ca(SO4)2H2O from X-ray powder diffraction data

    Article • Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, December 2005, Schweizerbart

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  73. New crystal-chemical and structural data of dietrichite, ideally ZnAl2(SO4)4 22H2O, a member of the halotrichite group

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, January 2004, Schweizerbart

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  74. Characterization of amphibole fibres linked to mesothelioma in the area of Biancavilla, Eastern Sicily, Italy

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, December 2003, Mineralogical Society

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  75. Effects of the choice of different ionization level for scattering curves and correction for small preferred orientation in Rietveld refinement: the MgAl2O4test case

    Article • Journal of Applied Crystallography, July 2003, International Union of Crystallography

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  76. The crystal structure of 3-methyluracil from X-ray powder diffraction data

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, August 2002, Elsevier

    Gustavo Portalone, Prof Paolo Ballirano

  77. Improved powder X-ray data for cancrinites IV: Franzinite

    Article • Powder Diffraction, December 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  78. Rietveld refinements on laboratory energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXD) data

    Article • Journal of Applied Crystallography, November 2001, International Union of Crystallography

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  79. The monoclinic I2 structure of bassanite, calcium sulphate hemihydrate (CaSO4 0.5H2O)

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, September 2001, Schweizerbart

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  80. Structure of Polyethylene from X-Ray Powder Diffraction: Influence of the Amorphous Fraction on Data Analysis

    Article • Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B, July 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  81. X-ray Powder Diffraction Structure Reinvestigation of the α and β Forms of Cobalt Phthalocyanine and Kinetics of the α → β Phase Transition

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Paolo Ballirano

  82. Sodalite from Vetralla (Roman potassic province) and Bancroft (Ontario, Canada): observed and simulated IR spectra

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, December 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Paolo Ballirano