During the past decade, Raman spectroscopy has been increasingly applied for the analysis
of objects of art and antiquities. Since the publication of the database of Raman spectra 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 …

Raman spectroscopic studies of carbonaceous materials are, until now, mainly devoted to
geological and industrial materials. On the other hand, it is known from artistic literature that …

Motivated from the increasing environmental concerns associated with the formation of
cyanotoxins released by cyanobacteria in waters, this study focused on the synthesis and …

Notwithstanding the significant practical importance of hematite, α‐Fe2O3, the complete
assignment and understanding of the Raman spectrum acquired on this crystalline solid are …

Carbon‐based black pigments are a wide group of dark‐colored materials, which are
classified according to the starting material used and their method of manufacture. Raman …

Raman spectroscopy has advanced considerably in the last several years due to rapid
developments in instrumentation and the availability of theoretical methods for accurate …

Powdered pigments found in bowls from the Pompeii archaeological site and some wall‐
painting fragments from the Vesuvian area (conserved in the National Archaeological …

Twenty‐three paintings by Henrique Pousão—a 19th century Portuguese painter—
belonging to the collection of Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, Portugal, were …

La Peña de Candamo Cave, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO in 2008, preserves one of
the most important collections of parietal art in the North of Spain and there is an urgent …