Friday, January 4, 2019

Fluorecence Spectroscopy Detects Fraud in EVOO


Some of you may know that one of my research projects has been to understand how the fluorescence spectra of olive oils change with age, origin, and exposure to sunlight and oxygen. While my students have done terrific work over the years - especiall
Emission from olive oil irradiated with laser diode
y SURF student Namita Khanjanchi '19 - we seem to have gotten scooped by this group from the University of Madrid.  Not to worry too much, though because our techniques were somewhat different and there is ALWAYS more to know.  Perhaps a trip to Spain is in order?


Check it out here!

and here.....

Miguel Lastra-Mejías, Regina Aroca-Santos, Manuel Izquierdo, John C. Cancilla, Maria Luz Mena, José S. Torrecilla. Chaotic parameters from fluorescence spectra to resolve fraudulent mixtures of fresh and expired protected designation of origin extra virgin olive oils. Talanta, 2019; 195: 1 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.10.102




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