Valentina Gianotti

Prof. Dr. Valentina Gianotti

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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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Marco ParoliniMarco Parolini
Marco Parolini
Diego AntonioliDiego Antonioli
Diego Antonioli
FBFranco Borgogno
Franco Borgogno
MGMaria Cristina Gibellino
Maria Cristina Gibellino
JFJacopo Fresta
Jacopo Fresta
RCRoberto Cavallo
Roberto Cavallo
Recent studies have documented the presence of microplastics (MPs) in remote areas, including soils or sediments collected in mountain and glacier environments, but information on their presence in snow is scant. The present study aimed at exploring the presence of MPs in residual snow collected in four locations of the Aosta Valley (Western Italian Alps), with different accessibility and human presence. Overall, the µ-FTIR analyses confirmed the presence of 18 MPs in snow, 7 (39%) items were fibres, while 11 (61%) were fragments. Polyethylene (PE; 7 MPs) was the main polymer, followed by polyethylene terephthalate (PET; 3 MPs), high density PE (HDPE; 3 MPs), polyester (2 MPs), while only 1 MP made by low density PE, polypropylene and polyurethane were found. The mean (± SE) concentration of MPs in snow ranged between 0.39 ± 0.39 MPs/L and 4.91 ± 2.48 MPs/L, with a mean of 2.32 ± 0.96 MPs/L for the sampling locations. The concentration of MPs did not statistically differ among locations. Our results suggest that MPs presence in high-mountain ecosystems might depend on deposition through atmospheric precipitations or local sources due to human activities. For these reasons, policies aiming at reducing plastic use and dispersal in mountain areas may be effective in preventing local MP contamination.

1 October 2006 in Analytica Chimica Acta
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SPS. Polati
S. Polati
MBM. Bottaro
M. Bottaro
PFP. Frascarolo
P. Frascarolo
Fabio GosettiFabio Gosetti
Fabio Gosetti
VGValentina Gianotti
Valentina Gianotti
MGM.C. Gennaro
M.C. Gennaro

1 January 2018 in Inorganica Chimica Acta
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ECEleonora Conterosito
Eleonora Conterosito
VGValentina Gianotti
Valentina Gianotti
LPluca palin
luca palin
Enrico BoccaleriEnrico Boccaleri
Enrico Boccaleri
DVDavide Viterbo
Davide Viterbo
Marco MilanesioMarco Milanesio
Marco Milanesio

1 May 2007 in Journal of Chromatography A
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Fabio GosettiFabio Gosetti
Fabio Gosetti
EME. Mazzucco
E. Mazzucco
VGValentina Gianotti
Valentina Gianotti
SPS. Polati
S. Polati
MGM.C. Gennaro
M.C. Gennaro

8 May 2015 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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KSKatia Sparnacci
Katia Sparnacci
Diego AntonioliDiego Antonioli
Diego Antonioli
VGValentina Gianotti
Valentina Gianotti
MLMichele Laus
Michele Laus
FLFederico Ferrarese Lupi
Federico Ferrarese Lupi
Michele PeregoMichele Perego
Michele Perego

1 March 2008 in Journal of Chromatography A
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VGValentina Gianotti
Valentina Gianotti
UCU. Chiuminatto
U. Chiuminatto
EME. Mazzucco
E. Mazzucco
Fabio GosettiFabio Gosetti
Fabio Gosetti
MBM. Bottaro
M. Bottaro
MGM.C. Gennaro
M.C. Gennaro