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Taccetti F, Castelli L, Czelusniak C, Giambi F, Manetti M, Massi M, Mazzinghi A, Ruberto C, Arneodo F, Torres R, Castellá F, Gheco L, Mastrangelo N, Gallegos D, Morales A, Tascon M, Marte F, Giuntini L. Novel implementation of the INFN-CHNet X-ray fluorescence scanner for the study of ancient photographs, archaeological pottery, and rock art. Rend Fis Acc Lincei 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s12210-023-01143-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Chiari M, Barone S, Bombini A, Calzolai G, Carraresi L, Castelli L, Czelusniak C, Fedi ME, Gelli N, Giambi F, Giardi F, Giuntini L, Lagomarsino S, Liccioli L, Lucarelli F, Manetti M, Massi M, Mazzinghi A, Nava S, Ottanelli P, Sciortino S, Ruberto C, Sodi L, Taccetti F, Mandò PA. LABEC, the INFN ion beam laboratory of nuclear techniques for environment and cultural heritage. Eur Phys J Plus 2021; 136:472. [PMID: 33968561 PMCID: PMC8086225 DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01411-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
The LABEC laboratory, the INFN ion beam laboratory of nuclear techniques for environment and cultural heritage, located in the Scientific and Technological Campus of the University of Florence in Sesto Fiorentino, started its operational activities in 2004, after INFN decided in 2001 to provide our applied nuclear physics group with a large laboratory dedicated to applications of accelerator-related analytical techniques, based on a new 3 MV Tandetron accelerator. The new accelerator greatly improved the performance of existing Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) applications (for which we were using since the 1980s an old single-ended Van de Graaff accelerator) and in addition allowed to start a novel activity of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS), in particular for 14C dating. Switching between IBA and AMS operation became very easy and fast, which allowed us high flexibility in programming the activities, mainly focused on studies of cultural heritage and atmospheric aerosol composition, but including also applications to biology, geology, material science and forensics, ion implantation, tests of radiation damage to components, detector performance tests and low-energy nuclear physics. This paper describes the facilities presently available in the LABEC laboratory, their technical features and some success stories of recent applications.
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- M. Chiari
- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Lagomarsino S, Calusi S, Massi M, Gelli N, Sciortino S, Taccetti F, Giuntini L, Sordini A, Vannoni M, Bosia F, Monticone DG, Olivero P, Fairchild BA, Kashyap P, Alves ADC, Strack MA, Prawer S, Greentree AD. Refractive index variation in a free-standing diamond thin film induced by irradiation with fully transmitted high-energy protons. Sci Rep 2017; 7:385. [PMID: 28341859 PMCID: PMC5428296 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00343-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ion irradiation is a widely employed tool to fabricate diamond micro- and nano-structures for applications in integrated photonics and quantum optics. In this context, it is essential to accurately assess the effect of ion-induced damage on the variation of the refractive index of the material, both to control the side effects in the fabrication process and possibly finely tune such variations. Several partially contradictory accounts have been provided on the effect of the ion irradiation on the refractive index of single crystal diamond. These discrepancies may be attributable to the fact that in all cases the ions are implanted in the bulk of the material, thus inducing a series of concurrent effects (volume expansion, stress, doping, etc.). Here we report the systematic characterization of the refractive index variations occurring in a 38 µm thin artificial diamond sample upon irradiation with high-energy (3 MeV and 5 MeV) protons. In this configuration the ions are fully transmitted through the sample, while inducing an almost uniform damage profile with depth. Therefore, our findings conclusively identify and accurately quantify the change in the material polarizability as a function of ion beam damage as the primary cause for the modification of its refractive index.
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- S Lagomarsino
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), CNR, Firenze, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), CNR, Firenze, Italy.,European XFEL GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
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- Physics Department and NIS Inter-departmental Centre, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy.,Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze fisiche della Materia (CNISM), Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Physics Department and NIS Inter-departmental Centre, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy.,Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze fisiche della Materia (CNISM), Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Physics Department and NIS Inter-departmental Centre, University of Torino, Torino, Italy. .,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy. .,Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze fisiche della Materia (CNISM), Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, RMIT University, Melbourne, 3001, Australia
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Messina M, Molinaro F, Meucci D, Angotti R, Giuntini L, Cerchia E, Bulotta AL, Brandigi E. Preoperative distraction in children: hand-held videogames vs clown therapy. Pediatr Med Chir 2014; 36:98. [PMID: 25669889 DOI: 10.4081/pmc.2014.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Anxiety in children undergoing surgery is characterized by feelings of tension, apprehension, nervousness and fear which may manifest differently. Postoperative behavioural changes such as nocturnal enuresis, feeding disorders, apathy, and sleep disturbances may stem from postoperative anxiety. Some Authors pointed out that over 60% of children undergoing surgery are prone to developing behavioural alterations 2 weeks after surgery. Variables such as age, temperament and anxiety both in children and parents are considered predictors of such changes.1 Studies were published describing how psycho-behavioural interventions based on play, learning and entertainment in preparing children for surgery, may reduce preoperative anxiety. Clown-therapy is applied in the most important paediatric facilities and has proved to diminish children's emotional distress and sufferance, as well as consumption of both analgesics and sedatives and to facilitate the achievement of therapeutic goals. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of clown-therapy during the child's hospital stay, with a view to optimizing treatment and care, preventing behavioural alterations and enhancing the child's overall life quality.
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- M Messina
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological sciences, University of Siena.
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Lagomarsino S, Olivero P, Calusi S, Monticone DG, Giuntini L, Massi M, Sciortino S, Sytchkova A, Sordini A, Vannoni M. Complex refractive index variation in proton-damaged diamond. Opt Express 2012; 20:19382-19394. [PMID: 23038581 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.019382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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An accurate control of the optical properties of single crystal diamond during microfabrication processes such as ion implantation plays a crucial role in the engineering of integrated photonic devices. In this work we present a systematic study of the variation of both real and imaginary parts of the refractive index of single crystal diamond, when damaged with 2 and 3 MeV protons at low-medium fluences (range: 10(15) - 10(17) cm(-2)). After implanting in 125 × 125 μm(2) areas with a scanning ion microbeam, the variation of optical pathlength of the implanted regions was measured with laser interferometric microscopy, while their optical transmission was studied using a spectrometric set-up with micrometric spatial resolution. On the basis of a model taking into account the strongly non-uniform damage profile in the bulk sample, the variation of the complex refractive index as a function of damage density was evaluated.
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- S Lagomarsino
- Energetics Department and INFN Sezione di Firenze, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.
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Lagomarsino S, Olivero P, Bosia F, Vannoni M, Calusi S, Giuntini L, Massi M. Evidence of light guiding in ion-implanted diamond. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:233903. [PMID: 21231462 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.233903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Revised: 11/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating light-waveguiding microstructures in bulk single-crystal diamond by means of direct ion implantation with a scanning microbeam, resulting in the modulation of the refractive index of the ion-beam damaged crystal. Direct evidence of waveguiding through such buried microchannels is obtained with a phase-shift micro-interferometric method allowing the study of the multimodal structure of the propagating electromagnetic field. The possibility of defining optical and photonic structures by direct ion writing opens a range of new possibilities in the design of quantum-optical devices in bulk single-crystal diamond.
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- S Lagomarsino
- Department of Energetics University of Firenze and INFN, Via S Marta 3, Italy.
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Pasculli M, Casadei E, Giuntini L, Mascolo A, Brogi A. [Optimization of PEEP levels in the treatment of ARDS by means of monitoring the atrial mixed venous oxygen saturation]. Minerva Anestesiol 1991; 57:89-91. [PMID: 1806841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- M Pasculli
- U.O. Anestesia e Rianimazione 1 U.S.L. 30 Siena
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De Giorgio LA, Seghieri G, Niccolai M, Giuntini L, Venturino G, Pettinà G, Innocenti F. Relationship between plasma fibronectin, serum lipids and apoprotein A and B in healthy male subjects. Quad Sclavo Diagn 1983; 19:73-7. [PMID: 6671011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Clemente ML, Federici L, Brogi A, Civeli L, Giuntini L. [Althesin - Fentanyl combination as anesthetic in patients with Parkinson's disease]. Minerva Anestesiol 1980; 46:675-80. [PMID: 7465082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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An association of Althesin and Phentanyl succinylcholine is proposed as anaesthetic in patients with Parkinson's disease. This method has two advantages: it does not have an adverse effect on the drugs normally given to such patients, so that the postoperative neurological symptomatology is not altered in any way; its anesthetic effectiveness is allied with case of employment and a wide margin of safety.
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Giuntini L. [Dario Maragliano (1877-1970)]. Chir Organi Mov 1970; 59:87-8. [PMID: 4924306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Giuntini L. [The treatment of scoliosis and the work of Riccardo Galeazzi]. Minerva Ortop 1967; 18:887-8. [PMID: 4885581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Giuntini L, Benedetti GB. [Transverse osteotomy of the pelvic bone in the treatment of old hip dislocations and subluxations]. Minerva Ortop 1967; 18:428-30. [PMID: 5607013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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