Iron and its role as soul of life on Earth is addressed in this review as iron is one of the most
abundant elements of our universe, forms the core of our planet and that of telluric (ie, Earth …

Theories of disease pathogenesis following asbestos exposure have focused on the
participation of iron. After exposure, an open network of negatively charged functional …

The current status of the TwinMic beamline at Elettra synchrotron light source, that hosts the
European twin X-ray microscopy station, is reported. The X-ray source, provided by a short …

Asbestos is a potent carcinogen associated with malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer
but its carcinogenic mechanisms are still poorly understood. Asbestos toxicity is ascribed to …

The present manuscript reports the characteristics of a novel Low Energy X-ray
Fluorescence (LEXRF) system installed at the TwinMic X-ray Microscopy station operated at …

Correlative microscopy is the application of two or more distinct microscopy techniques to
the same region of a sample, generating complementary morphological, structural and …

Context: The potency of various mineral fiber types to produce mesothelioma was previously
evaluated for numerous cohorts, but the differences in potencies for distinct fiber types have …

Among asbestos minerals, fibrous riebeckite (crocidolite) and tremolite share the amphibole
structure but largely differ in terms of their iron content and oxidation state. In asbestos …

Many countries banned asbestos due to its toxicity, but considering its colossal use,
especially in the 1960s and 1970s, disposing of waste containing asbestos is the current …

This work presents a comparative FEG–SEM study of the morphological and chemical
characteristics of both asbestos bodies and fibres found in the tissues of Sprague–Dawley …