Pushing Raman spectroscopy over the edge: purported signatures of organic molecules in fossils are instrumental artefacts
J. Alleon, G. Montagnac, B. Reynard, T. Brule, M. Thoury, P. Gueriau
This paper shows that Raman spectroscopy signals in fossils are not biomolecules but instrumental artefacts caused by luminescence.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2020Paleontology