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Strontium isotope composition: : insights into geological and environmental influences on the provenance studies of dairy products and timber
This dissertation aimed to explore the potential of Sr isotope ratio analysis, combined with multi-elemental profiling, as a tool for geographic discrimination, focusing on two projects: tracing the provenance of cheese/milk from Naxos, Greece (Project 1), and wood in the Eastern Carpathians, Romania (Project 2). The goal was to understand …
Tracing origin of food using stable isotopes of light and heavier elements
This dissertation examines two main topics. The first topic is focused on the potential of strontium (Sr) isotope analysis to characterise milk and truffles as selected food commodities, traditionally important for Slovenia. The 87Sr/86Sr ratio for determining the provenance of bovine milk and truffles originating from different regions of Slovenia …
Synthesis and characterization of perovskite nanostructures
Polycrystalline, BaTiO3 nanorods and SrTiO3 nanotubes were synthesized by the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of a barium titanate sol and a strontium titanate sol into 2D ordered anodic aluminium oxide templates (AAO) with a subsequent thermal treatment and template removal. The BaTiO3 nanorods grown within the AAO template membranes had diameters …