Nanoscience for the Conservation of Works of Art

Piero Baglioni is currently Full Professor of Physical Chemistry and lecturer of Physical Chemistry of Disperse Systems and Interfaces at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence. He has been appointed as Visiting Scientist/Professor by several laboratories such as the Department of Chemistry of the University of Houston, the Weizmann Institute, the Collège de France, and M.I.T. He is the Director of the National Consortium for Nanosystems (CSGI) and in the Advisory Board and reviewer of several international journals and International organization (European Science Foundation (ESF), National Science Foundation (NSF)). He is member of the scientific board of several national and international Institutions, industries (Italcementi, FAST, HMI, etc.) and Journals, coordinator of several National and European Union’s projects. David Chelazzi is a research fellow at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence. His research interests and expertise include the consolidation of wall painting, cleaning of artworks, deacification of paper, wood and canvas. Recent work has been concerned with the synthesis and characterisation of nanoparticles for cultural heritage conservation and nanostrcutured cleaning fluids.

Cultural Heritage Artefacts and Conservation: Surfaces and Interfaces;

The Degradation of Works of Art Materials;

Conservation Treatments: Cleaning, Consolidation and Protection;

Cleaning I: Solvents and Solutions;

Cleaning I: Application;

Cleaning II: Surfactants and Micellar Solutions;

Cleaning II: Applications and Case Studies;

Cleaning III: Emulsions and Microemulsions;

Cleaning III: Applications and Case Studies;

Cleaning IV: Gels and Polymeric Dispersions;

Cleaning IV: Applications and Case Studies;

Inorganic Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Properties;

Inorganic Nanomaterials for the Consolidation of Wall Paintings and Stones;

Biomineralization, Geopolymers and Hybrid Nanocomposites;

Inorganic Nanomaterials for the Deacidification of Paper;

Inorganic Nanomaterials for the Deacidifcation of Waterlogged Wood;

Conclusions: Future Horizons and Perspectives for Material Science in Cultural Heritage Conservation;

Subject Index;