Overview

Prof. Francesca Palombo is Professor of Biomedical Spectroscopy in Physics. She is also Director of Global Engagement for Physics, as well as being an Affiliate Investigator of the Living Systems Institute. Francesca co-leads the BioSpec team and the Health Technologies @ Exeter network.

Francesca's research is highly interdisciplinary, crossing boundaries between physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. She is internationally recognised for her research on development of Brillouin Light Scattering (BLS) spectroscopy applied in biomedical sciences, and is co-founder of the BioBrillouin network (an international network established in 2017). Alongside BLS, Francesca is also interested in Raman and infrared spectroscopy methods to reveal physical and chemical aspects of biological systems at a molecular level, as well as their implications in health and disease. She is co-investigator of the multi-institutional EPSRC RaNT Medicine Programme Grant developing novel nanoconstructs for application in pre-clinical cancer research.

Team members:

• Michelle Bailey (PDRA): Novel Brillouin-Raman microscopy applied to oesophageal cancer
• Hao Meng (PhD): Laser spectroscopy for biofluid detection of Alzheimer's disease
• Felix Weedon (PhD): Light scattering spectroscopy of keratin structures
• Steve Hill (PhD): Advanced optical tools for early detection of oesophageal cancer
• Hessah Alotaibi (PhD): Gold nanoconstructs for cancer theranostics
• Ioana Blein (PhD): Novel nanoparticles for Raman nanotheranostic applications

Alumni: Postdoc - Dr Noemi Correa 2017-21; PhD Physics - (2nd sup.) Doriana Calabrese, Eve Nebbiolo, Jenni Haskell and (3rd) Jacob Binsley 2023, (2nd) Pascaline Bouzy, (1st) Michelle Bailey and Fahad Aldosari 2022, (1st) Rikke Morrish 2021, (1st) Ryan Edginton 2018; visiting PhDs - Francesco Monnati 2023 (University of Tor Vergata, Rome) and Leonardo Pioppi 2021, Martina Alunni Cardinali 2019/20, Doriana Calabrese 2018, Beatrice Gironi 2017, and Sara Mattana 2016 (University of Perugia); visiting undergraduate - Antoine David (MEng) 2014 (ENSEIRB-MATMECA Bordeaux); summer internship - Savi Elias (MSci) 2022, Will Mitchell (MSci) 2021, Elise Hobson (MSci) 2020, Ebony Cave and Tom Carter (MSci) 2018, Laurence Mitchell and Thomas Ledgerwood (MSci) 2017, Imogen Swift (MSci) 2016, Sarah Stoyle (MPhys) 2016.

Teaching: PHY2026 Practical Physics II and NSC2002 Physical Chemistry.

Links: LinkedIn profile, X profile.

Education and Employment

• 2022-  Professor of Biomedical Spectroscopy
• 2018-22  Associate Professor of Biomedical Spectroscopy
• 2017-18  Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Spectroscopy
• 2013-17  Lecturer in Biomedical Spectroscopy
• 2012-13  Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, University of East Anglia
• 2009-11  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Perugia, Italy
• 2007-9  Postdoctoral Researcher, Imperial College London
• 2007  PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of Perugia, Italy
• 2003 BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Perugia - 1st class

Recently Funded Research Projects

• (PI) CRUK/EPSRC Early Detection and Diagnosis Award, 2022-25, £499,139
• (Co-lead) Research Network "Exeter Health Technologies", 2023-date
• (PI) COST Innovators Grant "BLiSS-BMD" IG16124, 2021-22, €116,150
• EPSRC Programme Grant "RaNT" (PI: Prof. Nick Stone) EP/R020965/1, 2018-23, £5.75M
• EPSRC Core Equipment Award "EBOC" (PI: Prof. Neil Gow) EP/V034251/1, 2020-22, £632,086
• Hubert Curien Alliance Programme 2021 (PI: Dr Ben Sherlock) 816469063, 2022, €5k
• (PI) CRUK/EPSRC Multidisciplinary Award NS/A000063/1, 2017-21, £499,876
• (Vice-chair) COST Action "BioBrillouin" CA16124, 2017-21, €507,935
• (PI) BBSRC CTP PhD Studentship BB/V509450/1 with Unilever to Felix Weedon, 2021-25, £158,026
• (PI) China Scholarship Council/Exeter PhD Scholarship to Hao Meng, 2021-25, £137k
• (PI) EPSRC IAA Impact and Knowledge Exchange Award, 2018, £33,995
• (PI) EPSRC DTG PhD Studentship to Rikke Morrish, 2016-20, £102,238
• (PI) EPSRC First Grant EP/M028739/1, 2015-17, £114,916
• Wellcome Trust ISSF2 Seed-Corn Fund Round 7, 2020, £10k
• Wellcome Trust ISSF2 Seed-Corn Fund Round 5, 2018, £9,986

Facilities Usage

• (PI) UK Diamond Light Source, 2-6 Mar 2021, 15 shifts of 8 hours, £75,360
• UK National Ion Beam Centre University of Surrey, 1 Jan - 30 Nov 2017, 24 hours, £11,693
• (PI) LASERLAB EUROPE, LENS002120, 13 Jul - 6 Aug 2015, 18 shifts of 9 hours, €14,592

Recent Invited Talks

• 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Photonics (ICBP), Palavas-les-Flots, France, 3-5/4/2025
• Keynote: BioBrillouin 2024 Conference, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 11-13/9/2024
• Keynote: BiomedEng24 Conference, Queen Mary University of London, 5-6/9/2024
• 20th European Conference on Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM), Lodz, Poland, 1-5/9/2024, declined
• Keynote: SPEC 2024 Conference, Ioannina, Greece, 2-6/6/2024
• Dept Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 20/11/2023
• SciX 2023 Conference, Nugget Casino Resort, Sparks NV, 8-13/10/2023
• Royal Society UK-Brazil bilateral international meeting, London, 11-12/10/2023, declined
• VISPEC 2023 Training School, University of Perugia, Italy, 12-14/6/2023
• Optics and Photonics Research Group, University of Nottingham, 30/11/2022
• 1st SPIE-CLP Conference on Advanced Photonics, Hangzhou, China, 21-23/11/2022
• 6th BioBrillouin Meeting (BBM6), Lyon, France, 14-17/11/2022
• VISPEC 2022 Meeting, online, 7/10/2022
• 8th International School of Sound and Light, Saint Pierre d'Oléron, France, 12-23/9/2022
• ICO25 & OWLS16 General Congress, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany, 5-9/9/2022
• 19th European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM), Reims, 29/9 - 1/9/2022

Advisory Board, Programme Committee, and Panel Membership

• Advisory Board of EPSRC Programme Grant "U-care" (PI: Prof. Robert Thomson, Heriot Watt) EP/T020903/1, 2021-2025, £6.13M 
• Program Committee of SPIE conference BO404: Optical Elastography and Tissue Biomechanics XII, part of the SPIE Photonics West 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 25-30/1/2025
• Translational Committee of Optica Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 7-10/4/2024 
• Steering Committee of the Workshop on OptoMechanics and Brillouin scattering: fundamentals, Applications and Technology (WOMBAT), Campinas, Brazil, 5-8/2/2024
• Program Committee of SPIE conference BO404: Optical Elastography and Tissue Biomechanics XI, part of the SPIE Photonics West 2024, San Francisco, CA, USA, 27/1 - 1/2/2024
• Programme Committee of SPIE conference: Frontiers in Biophotonics and Imaging II, Birmingham, UK, 6-8/12/2022
• Scientific Committee of the 6th BioBrillouin Meeting (BBM6), Lyon, France, 14-17/11/2022; 5th BioBrillouin Meeting (BBM5), online, 12-14/10/2021; 3rd BioBrillouin Meeting (BBM3), Porto, Portugal, 25-27/9/2019; 2nd BioBrillouin Meeting (BBM2), Perugia, Italy, 12-14/9/2018
• Scientific Committee of Son et Lumière School, Oléron Island, France, 12-23/9/2022
• Technical Programme Committee of ICO25 & OWLS16 General Congress, Dresden, Germany, 5-9/9/2022
• Programme Committee of SPIE conference: Frontiers in Biophotonics and Imaging, Glasgow, UK, 28-30/9/2021
• Wellcome Trust, Data Sciences, Tools and Technology Discovery Advisory Group
• CRUK EDx Biology, Markers, Technology and Data Panel
• CRUK Early Detection and Diagnosis Panel
• CRUK Multidisciplinary Expert Review Panel
• EPSRC Physical Sciences Panel
• European Commission: Pathfinder, ERC, and COST

Organised Conferences

• (Chair) 4th BioBrillouin Meeting (BBM4), online, 9-11/9/2020
• 13th Martin & Willis Student Prize Meeting and IRDG Meeting 210, Exeter, 26-27/8/2015
• CLIRSPEC Network Conference, Exeter, 20-22/4/2015

Outreach

• CRUK Event with funders and fundraisers, University of Exeter, 18/4/2024
• School workshop with Exeter Science Centre, Sidmouth College, 14/7/2021
• Public Engagement Programme with Exeter Science Centre, 2021
• Talk at Cancer Research UK Live event, Exeter Mercure Rougemont Hotel, 10/10/2018
• International Day of Light - EUOPS, Exeter Princesshay, 16/5/2018
• Lead organiser of RSC ChemNet event, University of Exeter, 14/12/2015

Memberships

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Member of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS)

Recent Prizes

• Above & Beyond Award for fantastic talk at the ESE Faculty Launch, 10/3/2023
• High quality presentation at SPIE Photonics West BiOS 2020, Conference 11252, $250
• Above & Beyond Award for first class research talk at Physics@Exeter, 02/03/2020, £250
• Best PhD Supervisor, Students' Guild Teaching Award, 31/7/2019
• Above & Beyond Award for support and collegiality, Exeter, 12/4/2019, £250
• Above & Beyond Silver Award for research achievements, Exeter, 24/7/2018, £2k
• Inspirational leader and role model, International Women's Day committee, Exeter, 02/2/2018
• Best Undergraduate Supervisor, Students' Guild Teaching Award, 06/6/2017

Training Courses

• Aurora Leadership Programme 2017
• First Aid at Work Course, OneLife Training 2023
• First Aid at Work Course, St John Ambulance 2015

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Publications

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2023

• Calabrese D. (2023) Exploring the biochemical composition, heterogeneity and potential implications of breast microcalcifications with Raman spectroscopy for the prognosis of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ.
• Nebbiolo E. (2023) Multiple Imaging Modalities for Investigating Soft Hard Tissue Interfaces.
• Binsley J. (2023) Elasto-Magnetic Pumps for Point-of-Care Diagnostics.
• Mosca S, Sowoidnich K, Mehta M, Skinner WH, Gardner B, Palombo F, Stone N, Matousek P. (2023) 10 kHz Shifted-Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy with Charge-Shifting Charge-Coupled Device Read-Out for Effective Mitigation of Dynamic Interfering Backgrounds, Applied Spectroscopy, volume 77, no. 6, pages 569-582, DOI:10.1177/00037028231167441. [PDF]

2022

• Mosca S, Gardner B, Salimi M, Palombo F, Stone N, Matousek P. (2022) Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy for estimating the depth of inclusion in diffusely scattering samples, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers.
• Aldosari FM. (2022) Noble Metal Nanoparticle Constructs for Applications in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.
• Bailey M. (2022) Applications of Brillouin Light Scattering within the Biological Environment.
• Dey P, Vaideanu A, Mosca S, Salimi M, Gardner B, Palombo F, Uchegbu I, Baumberg J, Schatzlein A, Matousek P. (2022) Surface enhanced deep Raman detection of cancer tumour through 71 mm of heterogeneous tissue, Nanotheranostics, volume 6, no. 3, pages 337-349, DOI:10.7150/ntno.71510. [PDF]
• Salimi M, Mosca S, Gardner B, Palombo F, Matousek P, Stone N. (2022) Nanoparticle-Mediated Photothermal Therapy Limitation in Clinical Applications Regarding Pain Management, Nanomaterials, volume 12, no. 6, pages 922-922, DOI:10.3390/nano12060922. [PDF]
• Alunni Cardinali M, Di Michele A, Mattarelli M, Caponi S, Govoni M, Dallari D, Brogini S, Masia F, Borri P, Langbein W. (2022) Brillouin-Raman microspectroscopy for the morpho-mechanical imaging of human lamellar bone, J R Soc Interface, volume 19, no. 187, DOI:10.1098/rsif.2021.0642. [PDF]

2021

• Bouzy P, O'Grady S, Madupalli H, Tecklenburg M, Rogers K, Palombo F, Morgan MP, Stone N. (2021) A time-course Raman spectroscopic analysis of spontaneous in vitro microcalcifications in a breast cancer cell line, Lab Invest, volume 101, no. 9, pages 1267-1280, DOI:10.1038/s41374-021-00619-0. [PDF]
• Morrish R, Yim KHW, Pagliara S, Palombo F, Chahwan R, Stone N. (2021) Single cell label-free probing of chromatin dynamics during B lymphocyte maturation, DOI:10.1101/2021.01.12.426344.
• Palombo F, Pagliara S, Singh A, Chahwan R. (2021) Editorial: Probing the Chromatin Architecture, Front Cell Dev Biol, volume 9, DOI:10.3389/fcell.2021.727803. [PDF]
• Bouzy P, O'Grady S, Madupalli H, Tecklenburg M, Rogers K, Palombo F, Morgan MP, Stone N. (2021) A time-course Raman spectroscopic analysis of spontaneous in vitro microcalcifications in a breast cancer cell line, Laboratory Investigation, volume 101, no. 9, pages 1267-1280, DOI:10.1038/s41374-021-00619-0. [PDF]
• Morrish R. (2021) Monitoring chromatin remodelling in xed and live immune cells using vibrational spectroscopy and micro uidics.
• Mosca S, Dey P, Salimi M, Gardner B, Palombo F, Stone N, Matousek P. (2021) Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy—How Deep?, Analytical Chemistry, volume 93, no. 17, pages 6755-6762, DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00490. [PDF]
• Correa N, Alunni Cardinali M, Bailey M, Fioretto D, Pudney PDA, Palombo F. (2021) Brillouin microscopy for the evaluation of hair micromechanics and effect of bleaching, Journal of Biophotonics, volume 14, no. 6, DOI:10.1002/jbio.202000483. [PDF]
• Morrish R, Yim KHW, Pagliara S, Palombo F, Chahwan R, Stone N. (2021) Single Cell Label-Free Probing of Chromatin Dynamics During B Lymphocyte Maturation, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, volume 9, DOI:10.3389/fcell.2021.646616. [PDF]
• Mosca S, Dey P, Salimi M, Gardner B, Palombo F, Stone N, Matousek P. (2021) Estimating the Reduced Scattering Coefficient of Turbid Media Using Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry, volume 93, no. 7, pages 3386-3392, DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04290. [PDF]
• Morrish R, Yim KHW, Pagliara S, Palombo F, Chahwan R, Stone N. (2021) Data supporting Morrish et al. (2021) Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.
• Bailey M, Gardner B, Alunni-Cardinali M, Caponi S, Fioretto D, Stone N, Palombo F. (2021) Predicting the Refractive Index of Tissue Models Using Light Scattering Spectroscopy, Applied Spectroscopy, volume 75, no. 5, pages 574-580, DOI:10.1177/0003702820984482. [PDF]

2020

• Bailey M, Gardner B, Alunni-Cardinali M, Caponi S, Fioretto D, Stone N, Palombo F. (2020) Monitoring the refractive index of tissue models using light scattering spectroscopy, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2009.02274.
• Bouzy P. (2020) Novel infrared and Raman spectroscopic imaging for the elucidation of specific changes in breast microcalcifications.
• Mosca S, Dey P, Salimi M, Palombo F, Stone N, Matousek P. (2020) Non-invasive depth determination of inclusion in biological tissues using spatially offset Raman spectroscopy with external calibration, The Analyst, volume 145, no. 23, pages 7623-7629, DOI:10.1039/d0an01292k. [PDF]
• Bailey M, Alunni-Cardinali M, Correa N, Caponi S, Holsgrove T, Barr H, Stone N, Winlove CP, Fioretto D, Palombo F. (2020) Viscoelastic properties of biopolymer hydrogels determined by Brillouin spectroscopy: A probe of tissue micromechanics, Science Advances, volume 6, no. 44, DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abc1937. [PDF]
• Tabish TA, Dey P, Mosca S, Salimi M, Palombo F, Matousek P, Stone N. (2020) Smart Gold Nanostructures for Light Mediated Cancer Theranostics: Combining Optical Diagnostics with Photothermal Therapy, Advanced Science, volume 7, no. 15, DOI:10.1002/advs.201903441. [PDF]
• Gironi B, Kahveci Z, McGill B, Lechner B-D, Pagliara S, Metz J, Morresi A, Palombo F, Sassi P, Petrov PG. (2020) Effect of DMSO on the Mechanical and Structural Properties of Model and Biological Membranes, Biophysical Journal, volume 119, no. 2, pages 274-286, DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2020.05.037. [PDF]
• Antonacci G, Beck T, Bilenca A, Czarske J, Elsayad K, Guck J, Kim K, Krug B, Palombo F, Prevedel R. (2020) Recent progress and current opinions in Brillouin microscopy for life science applications, Biophys Rev, volume 12, no. 3, pages 615-624, DOI:10.1007/s12551-020-00701-9. [PDF]
• Palombo F. (2020) Imaging the molecular composition-specific tissue biomechanics at high frequency with Brillouin-Raman microscopy, SPIE Photonics West: SPIE BiOS 2020, San Francisco, California, 1st - 6th Feb 2020, Advanced Chemical Microscopy for Life Science and Translational Medicine, volume 11252.
• Palombo F. (2020) Collective vibrations probe tissue biomechanics on a micro-scale through Brillouin scattering spectroscopy, SPIE Photonics West: SPIE BiOS 2020, San Francisco, California, 1st - 6th Feb 2020, Optical Elastography and Tissue Biomechanics VII, volume 11242.
• Palombo F. (2020) Collective vibrations probe tissue biomechanics on a micro-scale through Brillouin scattering spectroscopy, SPIE Photonics West: SPIE BiOS 2020, San Francisco, 1st - 6th Feb 2020, Optical Elastography and Tissue Biomechanics VII, volume 11242.
• Bailey M, Correa N, Harding S, Stone N, Brasselet S, Palombo F. (2020) Brillouin microspectroscopy data of tissue-mimicking gelatin hydrogels, Data in Brief, volume 29, DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105267.
• Dey P, Tabish TA, Mosca S, Palombo F, Matousek P, Stone N. (2020) Plasmonic Nanoassemblies: Tentacles Beat Satellites for Boosting Broadband NIR Plasmon Coupling Providing a Novel Candidate for SERS and Photothermal Therapy, Small, volume 16, no. 10, DOI:10.1002/smll.201906780. [PDF]
• Bailey M, Correa N, Harding S, Stone N, Brasselet S, Palombo F. (2020) Data supporting Bailey et al. (2020) Data in Brief.

2019

• Palombo F, Fioretto D. (2019) Brillouin Light Scattering: Applications in Biomedical Sciences, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1901.05176.
• Bailey M, Alunni-Cardinali M, Correa N, Caponi S, Holsgrove T, Barr H, Stone N, Winlove CP, Fioretto D, Palombo F. (2019) Brillouin-derived viscoelastic parameters of hydrogel tissue models, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1912.08292.
• Mosca S, Dey P, Tabish TA, Palombo F, Stone N, Matousek P. (2019) Determination of inclusion depth in ex vivo animal tissues using surface enhanced deep Raman spectroscopy, Journal of Biophotonics, volume 13, no. 1, DOI:10.1002/jbio.201960092. [PDF]
• Bouzy P, O'Grady S, Palombo F, Morgan MP, Stone N. (2019) Exploring the relationship between an in vitro model of breast cancer cell mineralisation and the cancer grade specific composition of ex vivo microcalcifications, CANCER RESEARCH, volume 79, no. 4, DOI:10.1158/1538-7445.SABCS18-P6-01-03. [PDF]
• Morrish RB, Hermes M, Metz J, Stone N, Pagliara S, Chahwan R, Palombo F. (2019) Single cell imaging of nuclear architecture changes, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, volume 7, no. JULY, DOI:10.3389/fcell.2019.00141.
• Mosca S, Dey P, Tabish TA, Palombo F, Stone N, Matousek P. (2019) Spatially Offset and Transmission Raman Spectroscopy for Determination of Depth of Inclusion in Turbid Matrix, Anal Chem, volume 91, no. 14, pages 8994-9000, DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01222. [PDF]
• Elsayad K, Palombo F, Dehoux T, Fioretto D. (2019) Brillouin Light Scattering Microspectroscopy for Biomedical Research and Applications: introduction to feature issue, BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS, volume 10, no. 5, pages 2670-2673, DOI:10.1364/BOE.10.002670. [PDF]
• Palombo F, Fioretto D. (2019) Brillouin Light Scattering: Applications in Biomedical Sciences, Chemical Reviews, volume 119, no. 13, pages 7833-7847, DOI:10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00019.
• Correa N, Harding S, Bailey M, Brasselet S, Palombo F. (2019) Image analysis applied to Brillouin images of tissue-mimicking collagen gelatins, Biomedical Optics Express, volume 10, no. 3, pages 1329-1338, DOI:10.1364/BOE.10.001329.
• Fioretto D, Caponi S, Palombo F. (2019) Brillouin-Raman mapping of natural fibers with spectral moment analysis, Biomed Opt Express, volume 10, no. 3, pages 1469-1474, DOI:10.1364/BOE.10.001469. [PDF]

2018

• Hermes M. (2018) Rapid high-resolution mid-IR imaging for molecular spectral histopathological diagnosis of oesophageal cancers.
• Elsayad K, Palombo F. (2018) Brillouin microspectroscopy: In search of the mechanical properties in biological systems well below a wavenumber, Spectroscopy Europe, volume 30, no. 6, pages 12-14.
• Bailey M, Correa N, Carinali MA, Caponi S, Holsgrove TP, Winlove CP, Fioretto D, Palombo F. (2018) Brillouin microscopy to probe the micromechanics of tissue phantoms, Physics and Biological Systems 2018, Gif-sur-yvette, France, 22nd - 24th Oct 2018.
• Bailey M, Correa N, Cardinali A, Caponi S, Holsgrove TP, Winlove CP, Fioretto D, Palombo F. (2018) Micromechanical properties of tissue phantoms probed by Brillouin microscopy, Advances in Brillouin Light Scattering & BioBrillouin Meeting, Perugia, Italy, 11th - 15th Sep 2018.
• Tamagnini F, Cotton M, Goodall O, Harrison G, Jeynes C, Palombo F, Tomkow J, Tomkow T, Wedgwood K, Welsman J. (2018) 'Of Mice and Dementia': A filmed conversation on the use of animals in dementia research, Dementia (London), volume 17, no. 8, pages 1055-1063, DOI:10.1177/1471301218789560. [PDF]
• Palombo F, Masia F, Mattana S, Tamagnini F, Borri P, Langbein W, Fioretto D. (2018) Hyperspectral analysis applied to micro-Brillouin maps of amyloid-beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease brains, Analyst, volume 143, no. 24, pages 6095-6102, DOI:10.1039/c8an01291a.
• Bouzy P, Tseng YP, Pedersen C, Tidemand-Lichtenberg P, Palombo F, Stone N. (2018) Advances in mid-infrared spectroscopic imaging for analysis of breast cancer associated microcalcifications, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, volume Part F87-MICS 2018, DOI:10.1364/MICS.2018.MT3C.8.
• Stantchev RI, Mansfield JC, Edginton RS, Hobson P, Palombo F, Hendry E. (2018) Subwavelength hyperspectral THz studies of articular cartilage, Scientific Reports, volume 8, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-25057-9.
• Hermes M, Morrish RB, Huot L, Meng L, Junaid S, Tomko J, Lloyd GR, Masselink WT, Tidemand-Lichtenberg P, Pedersen C. (2018) Mid-IR hyperspectral imaging for label-free histopathology and cytology, Journal of Optics (United Kingdom), volume 20, no. 2, DOI:10.1088/2040-8986/aaa36b.
• Edginton RS, Green EM, Winlove CP, Fioretto D, Palombo F. (2018) Dual scale biomechanics of extracellular matrix proteins probed by Brillouin scattering and quasistatic tensile testing, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, volume 10504, DOI:10.1117/12.2290183.
• Palombo F, Tamagnini F, Jeynes JCG, Mattana S, Swift I, Nallala J, Hancock J, Brown JT, Randall AD, Stone N. (2018) Detection of Aβ plaque-associated astrogliosis in Alzheimer's disease brain by spectroscopic imaging and immunohistochemistry, Analyst, volume 143, no. 4, pages 850-857, DOI:10.1039/c7an01747b.

2017

• Scarponi F, Mattana S, Corezzi S, Caponi S, Comez L, Sassi P, Morresi A, Paolantoni M, Urbanelli L, Emiliani C. (2017) High-performance versatile setup for simultaneous Brillouin-Raman micro-spectroscopy, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1702.06707.
• Bouzy P, Palombo F, Stone N. (2017) Spectroscopic tools for the elucidation of disease specific changes in breast cancer, 2017 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS EUROPE & EUROPEAN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC). [PDF]
• Mattana S, Caponi S, Tamagnini F, Fioretto D, Palombo F. (2017) Brillouin microspectroscopy and Raman analysis for the study of amyloid plaques in transgenic mouse, EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, volume 46, pages S332-S332. [PDF]
• Scarponi F, Mattana S, Corezzi S, Caponi S, Comez L, Sassi P, Morresi A, Paolantoni M, Urbanelli L, Emiliani C. (2017) High-performance versatile setup for simultaneous Brillouin-Raman microspectroscopy, Physical Review X, volume 7, no. 3, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031015.
• Mattana S, Caponi S, Tamagnini F, Fioretto D, Palombo F. (2017) Viscoelasticity of amyloid plaques in transgenic mouse brain studied by Brillouin microspectroscopy and correlative Raman analysis, Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, volume 10, no. 6, DOI:10.1142/S1793545817420019.

2016

• Edginton RS, Mattana S, Caponi S, Fioretto D, Green E, Winlove CP, Palombo F. (2016) Preparation of Extracellular Matrix Protein Fibers for Brillouin Spectroscopy, Journal of Visualized Experiments, no. 115, DOI:10.3791/54648-v.
• Ragnoni E, Palombo F, Green E, Winlove CP, Di Donato M, Lapini A. (2016) Coacervation of α-elastin studied by ultrafast nonlinear infrared spectroscopy, Phys Chem Chem Phys, volume 18, no. 40, pages 27981-27990, DOI:10.1039/c6cp04049g. [PDF]
• Palombo F, Madami M, Fioretto D, Nallala J, Barr H, David A, Stone N. (2016) Chemico-mechanical imaging of Barrett's oesophagus, Journal of Biophotonics, volume 9, no. 7, pages 694-700, DOI:10.1002/jbio.201600038.
• Edginton RS, Mattana S, Caponi S, Fioretto D, Green E, Winlove CP, Palombo F. (2016) Preparation of Extracellular Matrix Protein Fibers for Brillouin Spectroscopy, Journal of Visualized Experiments, no. 115, DOI:10.3791/54648. [PDF]

2015

• Palombo F, Heisler IA, Hribar-Lee B, Meech SR. (2015) Tuning the Hydrophobic Interaction: Ultrafast Optical Kerr Effect Study of Aqueous Ionene Solutions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, volume 119, no. 29, pages 8900-8908, DOI:10.1021/jp506701a.

2014

• Palombo F, Winlove CP, Edginton RS, Green E, Stone N, Caponi S, Madami M, Fioretto D. (2014) Biomechanics of fibrous proteins of the extracellular matrix studied by Brillouin scattering, J R Soc Interface, volume 11, no. 101, DOI:10.1098/rsif.2014.0739. [PDF]
• Palombo F, Madami M, Stone N, Fioretto D. (2014) Mechanical mapping with chemical specificity by confocal Brillouin and Raman microscopy, Analyst, volume 139, no. 4, pages 729-733, DOI:10.1039/c3an02168h. [PDF]
• Palombo F, Sassi P, Paolantoni M, Barontini C, Morresi A, Giorgini MG. (2014) Complex dynamical aspects of organic electrolyte solutions, J Phys Chem B, volume 118, no. 1, pages 215-225, DOI:10.1021/jp4066604. [PDF]

2012

• Palombo F, Meech SR. (2012) Dynamics of Formamide Ionic Solutions Investigated by Ultrafast Optical Kerr Effect, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, volume 116, no. 45, pages 13481-13489, DOI:10.1021/jp3087418.

2011

• Palombo F, Paolantoni M, Sassi P, Morresi A, Giorgini MG. (2011) Molecular dynamics of liquid acetone determined by depolarized Rayleigh and low-frequency Raman scattering spectroscopy, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, volume 13, no. 36, pages 16197-16207, DOI:10.1039/c1cp21806a.

2010

• Palombo F, Tassaing T, Paolantoni M, Sassi P, Morresi A. (2010) Elucidating the Association of Water in Wet 1-Octanol from Normal to High Temperature by Near- and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, volume 114, no. 28, pages 9085-9093, DOI:10.1021/jp1009548.

2009

• Sassi P, Paolantoni M, Perticaroli S, Palombo F, Morresi A. (2009) A study of collective motions in liquid tert-butanol from low-wavenumber Raman scattering, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, volume 40, no. 9, pages 1279-1283, DOI:10.1002/jrs.2278.
• Palombo F, Cremers SG, Weinberg PD, Kazarian SG. (2009) Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging to the study of effects of age and dietary L-arginine on aortic lesion composition in cholesterol-fed rabbits, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, volume 6, no. 37, pages 669-680, DOI:10.1098/rsif.2008.0325.
• Palombo F, Danoux CB, Weinberg PD, Kazarian SG. (2009) Measurement of drug and macromolecule diffusion across atherosclerotic rabbit aorta ex vivo by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared imaging, Journal of Biomedical Optics, volume 14, no. 4, article no. 044008, DOI:10.1117/1.3174395.
• Palombo F, Shen H, Benguigui LES, Kazarian SG, Upmacis RK. (2009) Micro ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging of atherosclerosis: an investigation of the contribution of inducible nitric oxide synthase to lesion composition in ApoE-null mice, The Analyst, volume 134, no. 6, pages 1107-1118, DOI:10.1039/b821425e.

2008

• Raudino A, Palombo F, Cataliotti RS. (2008) An interpretative model for the anomalous behavior of some excess properties in mixed liquid systems: A relationship between excess molar volumes and excess compressibilities in strongly self-aggregated fluids, Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 129, no. 2, article no. 024510, DOI:10.1063/1.2940350.

2007

• Sassi P, Palombo F, Cataliotti RS, Paolantoni M, Morresi A. (2007) Distributions of H-bonding aggregates in tert-butyl alcohol: The pure liquid and its alkane mixtures, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, volume 111, no. 27, pages 6020-6027, DOI:10.1021/jp071609q.
• Cataliotti RS, Palombo F, Paolantoni M, Sassi P, Raudino A. (2007) Concentration fluctuations and collective properties in mixed liquid systems: Rayleigh-Brillouin spectra of tert-butyl alcohol/2,2 '-dimethylbutane liquid mixture, Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 126, no. 4, article no. 044505, DOI:10.1063/1.2431170.

2006

• Palombo F, Sassi P, Paolantoni M, Morresi A, Cataliotti RS. (2006) Comparison of hydrogen bonding in 1-octanol and 2-octanol as probed by spectroscopic techniques, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, volume 110, no. 36, pages 18017-18025, DOI:10.1021/jp062614h.
• Palombo F, Tassaing T, Danten Y, Besnard M. (2006) Hydrogen bonding in liquid and supercritical 1-octanol and 2-octanol assessed by near and midinfrared spectroscopy, Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 125, no. 9, article no. 094503, DOI:10.1063/1.2336424.
• Palombo F, Paolantoni M, Sassi P, Morresi A, Cataliotti RS. (2006) Spectroscopic studies of the "free" OH stretching bands in liquid alcohols, Journal of Molecular Liquids, volume 125, no. 2-3, pages 139-146, DOI:10.1016/j.molliq.2005.11.006.

2005

• Morresi A, Sassi P, Paolantoni M, Palombo F, Cataliotti RS. (2005) New evidence for non-coincidence effects in alcohols, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, volume 36, no. 3, pages 267-268, DOI:10.1002/jrs.1260.

2004

• Paolantoni M, Sassi P, Palombo F, Morresi A, Paliani G, Cataliotti RS. (2004) H-bonding and depolarized Rayleigh scattering spectra: comparison between 1-octanol and n-octane liquid systems, XVIII National Congress GNSR (National Group of Discussion on Raman Spectroscopy and Non Linear Effects), Perugia, 17th - 19th Sep 2003.
• Sassi P, Paolantoni M, Cataliotti RS, Palombo F, Morresi A. (2004) Water/alcohol mixtures: A spectroscopic study of the water-saturated 1-octanol solution, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, volume 108, no. 50, pages 19557-19565, DOI:10.1021/jp046647d.

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