Project Publications: University of Pennsylvania: Mobility and Fate of Asbestos Particles

Superfund Research Program

Project Leader: Douglas J. Jerolmack
Co-Investigator: Reto Giere
Grant Number: P42ES023720
Funding Period: 2014-2020

Vigliaturo R, Jamnik M, Drazic G, Podobnik M, Znidaric M, Della Ventura G, Redhammer GJ, Znidarsic N, Caserman S, Giere R. 2024. Localization and dimensional range of amphibole particles retrieved from human alveolar epithelial cells. Minerals 14(1):doi:10.3390/min14010101

Vigliaturo R, Jamnik M, Drazic G, Podobnik M, Znidaric MT, Della Ventura G, Redhammer GJ, Znidarsic N, Caserman S, Giere R. 2022. Nanoscale transformations of amphiboles within human alveolar epithelial cells. Sci Rep 12(1):1782. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05802-x PMID:35110621 PMCID:PMC8810849

Vigliaturo R, Elkassas SM, Della Ventura G, Redhammer GJ, Ruiz-Zepeda F, O'Shea M, Drazic G, Giere R. 2021. Multi-scale characterization of glaucophane from Chiavolino (Biella, Italy): Implications for international regulations on elongate mineral particles. Eur J Mineral 33:77-112. doi:10.5194/ejm-33-77-2021 PMID:33840909 PMCID:PMC8034610

Wallis SL, Emmett EA, Hardy R, Casper BB, Blanchon DJ, Testa JR, Menges CW, Gonneau C, Jerolmack DJ, Seiphoori A, Steinhorn G, Berry T. 2020. Challenging Global Waste Management - Bioremediation to Detoxify Asbestos. front environ sci 8:doi:10.3389/fenvs.2020.00020 PMID:33269243 PMCID:PMC7707057

Giacobbe C, Wright J, Dejoie C, Tafforeau P, Berruyer C, Vigliaturo R, Giere R, Gualtieri AF. 2019. Depicting the crystal structure of fibrous ferrierite from British Columbia using a combined synchrotron techniques approach. J Appl Crystallogr 52:1397-1408. doi:10.1107/S1600576719013980 PMID:31798362 PMCID:PMC6878881
Vigliaturo R, Pollastri S, Giere R, Gualtieri AF, Drazic G. 2019. Experimental quantification of the Fe-valence state at amosite-asbestos boundaries using acSTEM dual-electron energy-loss spectroscopy. American Mineralogist 104:1820-1828. doi:10.2138/am-2019-7218

Arletti R, Fantini R, Giacobbe C, Giere R, Vezzalini G, Vigliaturo R, Quartieri S. 2018. High-temperature behavior of natural ferrierite: In-situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study. American Mineralogist 103:1741-1748. doi:10.2138/am-2018-6663
Ferdowsi B, Ortiz C, Jerolmack DJ. 2018. Glassy dynamics of landscape evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115(19):4827-4832. doi:10.1073/pnas.1715250115 PMID:29686102 PMCID:PMC5948954
Ventura GD, Vigliaturo R, Giere R, Pollastri S, Gualtieri AF, Iezzi G. 2018. Infra red spectroscopy of the regulated asbestos amphiboles. Minerals 8(9):413. doi:10.3390/min8090413
Vigliaturo R, Ventura GD, Choi JK, Marengo A, Lucci F, O'Shea M, Perez-Rodriguez I, Giere R. 2018. Mineralogical characterization and dissolution experiments in Gamble's solution of Tremolitic Amphibole from Passo di Caldenno (Sondrio, Italy). Minerals 8:24. doi:10.3390/min8120557

Ferdowsi B, Ortiz C, Houssais M, Jerolmack DJ. 2017. River-bed armouring as a granular segregation phenomenon. Nat Commun 8(1):1363. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01681-3 PMID:29118422 PMCID:PMC5678076
Wu L, Ortiz C, Jerolmack DJ. 2017. Aggregation of elongated colloids in water. Langmuir 33(2):622-629. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03962 PMID:27931099 PMCID:PMC5283798

Boschi V, Willenbring JK. 2016. The effect of pH, organic ligand chemistry and mineralogy on the sorption of beryllium over time. Environ Chem 13(4):711-722. doi:10.1071/EN15107

Wu L, Ortiz C, Xu Y, Willenbring JK, Jerolmack DJ. 2015. In situ liquid cell observations of asbestos fiber diffusion in water. Environ Sci Technol 49(22):13340-13349. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b03839 PMID:26461183 PMCID:PMC4747642 (Completed with ARRA Funds)