Spectroscopic Techniques in Cultural Heritage Conservation: A Survey

An evaluation of GC‐MS and HPLC‐FD methods for analysis of protein binders in paintings

“…Various spectroscopic methods are reviewed in the work by Bitossi et al [44]. They are mostly used for identification of pigments but have also been applied to analyses of binding media and varnishes, e. g., the fibre optic Fourier transform-infrared reflectance spectroscopy [45] or microRaman spectroscopy of natural organic binding media and varnishes used in art [46].…”

Another beauty of analytical chemistry: chemical analysis of inorganic pigments of art and archaeological objects

“…According to the physical or chemical principia in which the method is based, it can be classified into five main groups, as shown in Fig. 8: (a) classical chemical analysis [11,12,28,33,43], (b) spectroscopic techniques [10,11,17,44,45], (c) activation techniques [10,11,19], (d) electrochemical methods [14, [46][47][48][49][50], and (e) thermoanalytical techniques [11,18,51].…”

“…Crystal and molecular structure Techniques used for analyzing pigments that are included in this category can be grouped into three classes, as shown in Fig. 9: (a) spectroscopic techniques [11,13,15,17], (b) diffraction techniques [10,11], and (c) techniques based on mass-tocharge ratio determination [11].…”

“…There are a small number of texts and reviews in the literature devoted to the principles of Chemistry and Physics of interest in the cultural heritage sector [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] and instrumental techniques applied to the analysis of cultural artefacts [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. In this context, this study presents the contents that, in the opinion of the authors, should be included in a course of Analytical Chemistry applied to Archaeometry 1 and Conservation Science 2 as specific subject aimed to the analysis of inorganic pigments and 1 This term is associated with the name of the Journal Archaeometry, set up in 1958 by the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art of the Oxford University.…”

Cleaning of contaminated paper with the subnanosecond Nd:YAG laser pulses

“…Paper and other objects of cultural heritage are analysed and diagnosed by the non-invasive techniques [12,13], infrared (IR) spectral analysis being among them [12][13][14][15][16][17]. For the purpose of laser cleaning process modelling and investigation, the paper sample is artificially contaminated with the iron salt solution [12] or black carbon [7,9].…”