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Francesco Turci

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  • Department of Chemistry
  • Dipartimento di Chimica
  • Corso di laurea in Chimica per la manifattura sostenibile
  • Corso di Laurea in Produzioni e Gestione degli Animali in Allevamento e Selvatici - PGAAS
  • Corso di Laurea in Sistemi zootecnici sostenibili - SIZOS
  • Corso di laurea magistrale in Chimica
  • Degree Course in Veterinary Medicine
  • Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicina Veterinaria
  • Dottorato in Scienze Farmaceutiche e Biomolecolari
  • PhD in Chemical and Materials Sciences

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Selected research products

(last 5 years 2019 - 2023)

Nearly free silanols drive the interaction of crystalline silica polymorphs with membranes: Implications for mineral toxicity
2023-01-01 Pavan, Cristina; Escolano-Casado, Guillermo; Bellomo, Chiara; Cananà, Stefania; Tomatis, Maura; Leinardi, Riccardo; Mino, Lorenzo; Turci, Francesco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1886225

Waterborne asbestos: Good practices for surface waters analyses
2023-01-01 Chiara Avataneo, Silvana Capella, Mariagrazia Luiso, Giuliana Marangoni, Manuela Lasagna, Domenico A. De Luca, Massimo Bergamini, Elena Belluso, Francesco Turci https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1891819

Waste, Environment, and Sanitary Issues: Are They Really at Odds?
2023-01-01 Maura Tomatis, Jasmine Rita Petriglieri, Francesco Turci https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1905412

Chrysotile asbestos migration in air from contaminated water: An experimental simulation
2022-01-01 Chiara Avataneo, Jasmine R. Petriglieri, Silvana Capella, Maura Tomatis, Mariagrazia Luiso, Giuliana Marangoni, Elisa Lazzari, Silvio Tinazzi, Manuela Lasagna, Domenico A. De Luca, Massimo Bergamini, Elena Belluso, Francesco Turci https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1817296

Top-Down Preparation of Nanoquartz for Toxicological Investigations
2022-01-01 Bellomo, Chiara; Pavan, Cristina; Fiore, Gianluca; Escolano-Casado, Guillermo; Mino, Lorenzo; Turci, Francesco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1886222

The Potential Contribution of Hexavalent Chromium to the Carcinogenicity of Chrysotile Asbestos
2022-01-01 Walter M.; Schenkeveld W.D.C.; Tomatis M.; Schelch K.; Peter-Vorosmarty B.; Geroldinger G.; Gille L.; Bruzzoniti M.C.; Turci F.; Kraemer S.M.; Grusch M. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1885140

Cytotoxicity of fibrous antigorite from New Caledonia
2022-01-01 Gazzano, Elena; Petriglieri, Jasmine Rita; Aldieri, Elisabetta; Fubini, Bice; Laporte-Magoni, Christine; Pavan, Cristina; Tomatis, Maura; Turci, Francesco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1890586

Interaction of Layered Silicates with Biomembranes: Ion Exchangers and Non-Exchangers
2022-01-01 Canana, S; Pavan, C; Bellomo, C; Escolano-Casado, G; Chilla, G; Lison, D; Mino, L; Turci, F https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1886219

Molecular recognition between membrane epitopes and nearly free surface silanols explains silica membranolytic activity
2022-01-01 Pavan C.; Sydor M.J.; Bellomo C.; Leinardi R.; Canana S.; Kendall R.L.; Rebba E.; Corno M.; Ugliengo P.; Mino L.; Holian A.; Turci F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1869462

Portable Raman spectrometer for in situ analysis of asbestos and fibrous minerals
2021-01-01 Petriglieri J.R.; Bersani D.; Laporte-Magoni C.; Tribaudino M.; Cavallo A.; Salvioli-Mariani E.; Turci F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1768827

History and Future Perspectives for the Evaluation of the Toxicity of Celestial Dust
2021-01-01 INGRID CORAZZARI, MARCO DURANTE, BICE FUBINI, PER GERDE, LARS L. KARLSSON, DAG LINNARSSON, DAVID J. LOFTUS, FRANCESCA MCDONALD, LENA PALMBERG, G. KIM PRISK, URS STAUFER, WIM VAN WESTRENEN, ERIN M. TRANFIELD, FRANCESCO TURCI https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1837933

Antioxidant Activity of Silica-Based Bioactive Glasses
2021-01-01 Ferraris S.; Corazzari I.; Turci F.; Cochis A.; Rimondini L.; Verne E. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1805526

Short Preirradiation of TiO2 Nanoparticles Increases Cytotoxicity on Human Lung Coculture System
2021-01-01 Kose O.; Tomatis M.; Turci F.; Belblidia N.-B.; Hochepied J.-F.; Pourchez J.; Forest V. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1795321

Hyphal morphology and substrate porosity -rather than melanization- drive penetration of black fungi into carbonate substrates
2021-01-01 Tonon C.; Breitenbach R.; Voigt O.; Turci F.; Gorbushina A.A.; Favero-Longo S.E. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1788065

Morphological and chemical properties of fibrous antigorite from lateritic deposit of New Caledonia in view of hazard assessment
2021-01-01 Petriglieri, Jasmine R.; Laporte-Magoni, Christine; Salvioli-Mariani, Emma; Ferrando, Simona; Tomatis, Maura; Fubini, Bice; Turci, Francesco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1781834

TGA coupled with FTIR gas analysis to quantify the vinyl alcohol unit content in ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer
2021-01-01 Corazzari I.; Turci F.; Nistico R. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770836

Elimination from Wastewater of Antibiotics Reserved for Hospital Settings, with a Fenton Process Based on Zero-Valent Iron
2021-01-01 Francesco Furia, Marco Minella, Fabio Gosetti, Francesco Turci, Raffaella Sabatino, Andrea Di Cesare, Gianluca Corno, Davide Vione https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1795019

Petrofacies for the prediction of NOA content in rocks: application to the “Gronda di Genova” tunneling project
2020-01-01 Botta S.; Avataneo C.; Barale L.; Compagnoni R.; Cossio R.; Marcelli I.; Piana F.; Tallone S.; Turci F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1768421

Geological mapping for executive design of civil infrastructures: Integration of GIS and AutoCAD informative systems for "gronda di Genova" highway tunnel
2020-01-01 Marcelli I.; Barale L.; Piana F.; Tallone S.; Botta S.; Brunamonte F.; Irace A.; Mosca P.; Compagnoni R.; Turci F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1768383

Cytotoxicity of fractured quartz on THP-1 human macrophages: role of the membranolytic activity of quartz and phagolysosome destabilization
2020-01-01 Leinardi R.; Pavan C.; Yedavally H.; Tomatis M.; Salvati A.; Turci F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1767997

Estimation of natural asbestos content in rocks by fracture network modeling and petrographic characterization
2020-01-01 Barale L.; Botta S.; Piana F.; Tallone S.; Fidelibus C.; Avataneo C.; Turci F.; Compagnoni R.; Cossio R.; Alberto W. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1768413

Valorization of MSWI Bottom Ash as a Function of Particle Size Distribution, Using Steam Washing
2020-01-01 Destefanis, Enrico; Caviglia, Caterina; Bernasconi, Davide; Bicchi, Erica; Boero, Renato; Bonadiman, Costanza; Confalonieri, Giorgia; Corazzari, Ingrid; Mandrone, Giuseppe; Pastero, Linda; Pavese, Alessandro; Turci, Francesco; Wehrung, Quentin https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1762646

Waterborne Naturally Occurring Asbestos: a case study from Piedmont (NW Italy).
2020-01-01 Avataneo, Chiara; Belluso, Elena; Bergamini, Massimo; Capella, Silvana; De Luca, Domenico Antonio; Lasagna, Manuela; Turci, Francesco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1890977

Direct and indirect assessment of the amount of naturally occurring asbestos in fractured rocks
2020-01-01 Piana F.; Barale L.; Botta S.; Compagnoni R.; Fidelibus C.; Tallone S.; Avataneo C.; Cossio R.; Turci F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1878082

Nearly free surface silanols are the critical molecular moieties that initiate the toxicity of silica particles
2020-01-01 Pavan, Cristina; Santalucia, Rosangela; Leinardi, Riccardo; Fabbiani, Marco; Yakoub, Yousof; Uwambayinema, Francine; Ugliengo, Piero; Tomatis, Maura; Martra, Gianmario; Turci, Francesco; Lison, Dominique; Fubini, Bice https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1766495

Hydroxyl radicals and oxidative stress: the dark side of Fe corrosion
2020-01-01 Scarcello E.; Herpain A.; Tomatis M.; Turci F.; Jacques P.J.; Lison D. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1732441

SWCNT-porphyrin nano-hybrids selectively activated by ultrasound: an interesting model for sonodynamic applications
2020-01-01 Bosca F.; Corazzari I.; Foglietta F.; Canaparo R.; Durando G.; Pastero L.; Arpicco S.; Dosio F.; Zonari D.; Cravotto G.; Tagliapietra S.; Serpe L.; Turci F.; Barge A. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1742718

Thermal inertization of amphibole asbestos modulates Fe topochemistry and surface reactivity
2020-01-01 Pacella A.; Tomatis M.; Viti C.; Bloise A.; Arrizza L.; Ballirano P.; Turci F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1795302

Geological Model for Naturally Occurring Asbestos Content Prediction in the Rock Excavation of a Long Tunnel (Gronda di Genova Project, NW Italy)
2020-01-01 Turci, Francesco; Cossio, Roberto; Mosca, Pietro; Irace, Andrea; Marcelli, Igor; Botta, Serena; Avataneo, Chiara; Compagnoni, Roberto; Tallone, Sergio; Piana, Fabrizio; Barale, Luca https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1732438

LiCoO2 particles used in Li-ion batteries induce primary mutagenicity in lung cells via their capacity to generate hydroxyl radicals
2020-01-01 Sironval V.; Scagliarini V.; Murugadoss S.; Tomatis M.; Yakoub Y.; Turci F.; Hoet P.; Lison D.; Van Den Brule S. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1862659

Identification and Preliminary Toxicological Assessment of a Non-regulated Mineral Fiber: Fibrous Antigorite from New Caledonia
2020-01-01 Petriglieri, Jasmine Rita; Laporte-Magoni, Christine; Salvioli-Mariani, Emma; Tomatis, Maura; Gazzano, Elena; Turci, Francesco; Cavallo, Alessandro; Fubini, Bice https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1732435

Impact of the Physicochemical Features of TiO2Nanoparticles on Their in Vitro Toxicity
2020-01-01 Kose O.; Tomatis M.; Leclerc L.; Belblidia N.-B.; Hochepied J.-F.; Turci F.; Pourchez J.; Forest V. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1769066

New Tools for the Evaluation of Asbestos-Related Risk during Excavation in an NOA-Rich Geological Setting
2020-01-01 Turci, Francesco; Avataneo, Chiara; Botta, Serena; Marcelli, Igor; Barale, Luca; Tomatis, Maura; Cossio, Roberto; Tallone, Sergio; Piana, Fabrizio; Compagnoni, Roberto https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1732436

Design, Realization, and Characterization of Advanced Adhesives for Joining Ultra-Stable C/C Based Components
2020-01-01 Casalegno V.; De la Pierre des Ambrois S.; Corazzari I.; Turci F.; Tatarko P.; Damiano O.; Cornillon L.; Terenzi A.; Natali M.; Puglia D.; Torre L.; Ferraris M. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1771252

Determinanti chimico-fisici nei meccanismi di tossicità della silice
2019-01-01 Bice Fubini, Cristina Pavan, Maura Tomatis, Francesco Turci https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1768039

Sistema per la riduzione e il controllo dell’errore casuale e sistematico nell’immissione dei dati di input durante le misure quantitative dell’amianto al microscopio elettronico (INAMER)
2019-01-01 TURCI, FRANCESCO; TOMATIS, MAURA; PIANA, FABRIZIO; BARALE, LUCA https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1685456

Functionalized nanoporous gold as a new biosensor platform for ultra-low quantitative detection of human serum albumin
2019-01-01 Scaglione, F.; Alladio, E.; Damin, A.; Turci, F.; Baggiani, C.; Giovannoli, C.; Bordiga, S.; Battezzati, L.; Rizzi, P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1694719

The puzzling issue of silica toxicity: Are silanols bridging the gaps between surface states and pathogenicity?
2019-01-01 Pavan C.; Delle Piane M.; Gullo M.; Filippi F.; Fubini B.; Hoet P.; Horwell C.J.; Huaux F.; Lison D.; Lo Giudice C.; Martra G.; Montfort E.; Schins R.; Sulpizi M.; Wegner K.; Wyart-Remy M.; Ziemann C.; Turci F. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1723128

Iron from a geochemical viewpoint. Understanding toxicity/pathogenicity mechanisms in iron-bearing minerals with a special attention to mineral fibers
2019-01-01 Gualtieri, Alessandro F.*; Andreozzi, Giovanni B.; Tomatis, Maura; Turci, Francesco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1685454

 

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FT carries out research activities concerning the study of the physico-chemical properties of micro- and nanometric inorganic particulates, including silica, asbestos, and industrial powders, in relation to their toxicity.

Within the activities of the "G. Scansetti" Interdepartmental Center for the Study of Asbestos and other Toxic Particulates, of which he is Deputy Director since 2015, FT coordinates the characterization facilities that include micro-Raman, micro-XRF spectroscopy, TGA-FTIR-GCMS thermal analysis, and nano and micrometric dimensional analysis with DLS / ELS and optical automated image analysis (details here).

Svolge attività di ricerca che riguarda lo studio delle proprietà chimico-fisiche del particolato inorganico micro- e nanometrico, fra cui silici, amianti, e polveri industriali, in relazione alla loro tossicità, all'interno delle attività del Centro Interdipartimentale "G. Scansetti" per lo Studio dell'Amianto e altri Particolati Tossici di cui è Vice-Direttore dal 2015 (www.centroscansetti.unito.it). Per il Centro coordina la gestione dei laboratori di caratterizzazione che comprendono laboratori di spettroscopia micro-Raman, micro-XRF, analisi termica TGA-FTIR-GCMS, e analisi dimensionale di particolato nano e micrometrico DLS/ELS e "automated image analysis".

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2022-2025 - Presidio della Qualità di Ateneo (PQA)

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