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List of works by Luis F.O. Silva

A mineralogical and geochemical study of three Brazilian coal cleaning rejects: Demonstration of electron beam applications

scientific article published in August 2014

A preliminary study of coal mining drainage and environmental health in the Santa Catarina region, Brazil.

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

A realistic study of 3D composition of carbon nanotubes and carbonaceous nanocompounds from different soils around coal power plant

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

A three-dimensional nanoscale study in selected coal mine drainage

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Acid mine drainage in an Indian high-sulfur coal mining area: Cytotoxicity assay and remediation study

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Air quality and PM10-associated poly-aromatic hydrocarbons around the railway traffic area: statistical and air mass trajectory approaches

scientific article published on 19 February 2019

An introductory TEM study of Fe-nanominerals within coal fly ash

scientific article published on 13 June 2009

Applied investigation on the interaction of hazardous elements binding on ultrafine and nanoparticles in Chinese anthracite-derived fly ash

scientific article published on 31 January 2012

Are children playgrounds safe play areas? Inorganic analysis and lead isotope ratios for contamination assessment in recreational (Brazilian) parks.

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Assessment of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM₁ near an area of heavy-duty traffic.

scientific article published on 15 February 2014

Brazilian coal mining residues and sulphide oxidation by Fenton's reaction: An accelerated weathering procedure to evaluate possible environmental impact

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Changes in mobility of hazardous elements during coal combustion in Santa Catarina power plant (Brazil)

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Characterization of Santa Catarina (Brazil) coal with respect to human health and environmental concerns

scientific article published on 03 August 2008

Chemical and nano-mineralogical study for determining potential uses of legal Colombian gold mine sludge: Experimental evidence

scientific article published on 26 August 2017

Chemical characterization, nano-particle mineralogy and particle size distribution of basalt dust wastes.

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Cluster analysis of urban ultrafine particles size distributions

scholarly article by Dayana Milena Agudelo-Castañeda et al published June 2018 in Atmospheric pollution research

Coal cleaning residues and Fe-minerals implications

scientific article published on 03 February 2010

Coal emissions adverse human health effects associated with ultrafine/nano-particles role and resultant engineering controls.

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Copper decreases associative learning and memory in Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published on 24 November 2019

Copper distribution in surface and subsurface soil horizons

scientific article published on 03 June 2014

Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity induced by coal and coal fly ash particles samples in V79 cells.

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Direct identification of hazardous elements in ultra-fine and nanominerals from coal fly ash produced during diesel co-firing.

scientific article published on 22 October 2013

Effective removal of sulfur components from Brazilian power-coals by ultrasonication (40kHz) in presence of H2O2.

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Effects of vegetation on chemical and mineralogical characteristics of soils developed on a decantation bank from a copper mine.

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Environmental evaluation and nano-mineralogical study of fresh and unsaturated weathered coal fly ashes

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Evaluation of the role of biocolonizations in the conservation state of Machu Picchu (Peru): The Sacred Rock

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Evidence of mercury sequestration by carbon nanotubes and nanominerals present in agricultural soils from a coal fired power plant exhaust

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in atmospheric PM1.0 of urban environments: Carcinogenic and mutagenic respiratory health risk by age groups.

scientific article published on 4 March 2017

Extensive FE-SEM/EDS, HR-TEM/EDS and ToF-SIMS studies of micron- to nano-particles in anthracite fly ash

scholarly article by Joana Ribeiro et al published May 2013 in Science of the Total Environment

Fate of hazardous elements in agricultural soils surrounding a coal power plant complex from Santa Catarina (Brazil).

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Gaseous emissions and sublimates from the Truman Shepherd coal fire, Floyd County, Kentucky: A re-investigation following attempted mitigation of the fire

Geochemical fractionation of hazardous elements in fresh and drilled weathered South African coal fly ashes

scientific article published on 03 January 2020

Geochemistry and nano-mineralogy of feed coals, mine overburden, and coal-derived fly ashes from Assam (North-east India): a multi-faceted analytical approach

scientific article published in January 2015

Geochemistry of ultra-fine and nano-compounds in coal gasification ashes: a synoptic view.

scientific article published on 11 April 2013

In-situ analytical study of bricks exposed to marine environment using hand-held X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and related laboratory techniques

scholarly article by Héctor Morillas et al published August 2018 in Spectrochimica Acta Part B

Intratracheal instillation of coal and coal fly ash particles in mice induces DNA damage and translocation of metals to extrapulmonary tissues

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Leaching of potential hazardous elements of coal cleaning rejects

scientific article published on 20 May 2010

Measured data of Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera Drosophilidae) development and learning and memory behaviour after copper exposition

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Mineral speciation and fate of some hazardous contaminants in coal waste pile from anthracite mining in Portugal

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Mineralogy and leaching characteristics of beneficiated coal products from Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Modification, adsorption, and geochemistry processes on altered minerals and amorphous phases on the nanometer scale: examples from copper mining refuse, Touro, Spain

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

Multifaceted processes controlling the distribution of hazardous compounds in the spontaneous combustion of coal and the effect of these compounds on human health.

scientific article published in January 2018

Multiple hazardous elements in nanoparticulate matter from a Caribbean industrialized atmosphere

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

Nano-mineralogical investigation of coal and fly ashes from coal-based captive power plant (India): an introduction of occupational health hazards.

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

Nano-mineralogy of suspended sediment during the beginning of coal rejects spill.

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

Nanomineralogy in the real world: A perspective on nanoparticles in the environmental impacts of coal fire

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Nanoparticulate mineral matter from basalt dust wastes.

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Obese rats are more vulnerable to inflammation, genotoxicity and oxidative stress induced by coal dust inhalation than non-obese rats

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Partitioning of mineralogical and inorganic geochemical components of coals from Santa Catarina, Brazil, by industrial beneficiation processes

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Potential utilization for the evaluation of particulate and gaseous pollutants at an urban site near a major highway.

scientific article published on 12 November 2015

Quantitative trace analysis of fullerenes in river sediment from Spain and soils from Saudi Arabia

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Study of environmental pollution and mineralogical characterization of sediment rivers from Brazilian coal mining acid drainage

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The mobilization of hazardous elements after a tropical storm event in a polluted estuary

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

The occurrence of hazardous volatile elements and nanoparticles in Bulgarian coal fly ashes and the effect on human health exposure

scientific article published on December 24, 2011

The properties of the nano-minerals and hazardous elements: Potential environmental impacts of Brazilian coal waste fire.

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy: a preliminary study of the distribution of Cu2+ and Cu2+/Pb2+ on a Bt horizon surfaces

scientific article published on 26 August 2011

Water quality assessment of the Tubarão River through chemical analysis and biomarkers in the Neotropical fish Geophagus brasiliensis.

scientific article published on 9 February 2013