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Materials supports for cultural heritage objects treated in cold plasma

M. TOTOLIN1,* , D. MACOCINSCHI1, G. E. IOANID1, D. FILIP1, A. IOANID1

Affiliation

  1. “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Aleea Gr. Ghica Voda 41 A, 700487 Iasi, Romania

Abstract

Plasma treatment represents a non-destructive method applicable in decontamination and etching of cultural heritage objects. In this work high frequency plasma was applied on cellulose- and protein-based reference materials (cotton, paper, silk, wool and leather) similar in composition with those of historical materials. FT-IR (ATR) spectroscopy, ESCA (XPS) measurements, elemental analyses, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have been used to study plasma treatment effect on the materials, both in bulk and at surface level.

Keywords

Plasma treatment, Materials, Restoration-conservation.

Citation

M. TOTOLIN, D. MACOCINSCHI, G. E. IOANID, D. FILIP, A. IOANID, Materials supports for cultural heritage objects treated in cold plasma, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 1, 12, December 2007, pp.722-728 (2007).

Submitted at: Oct. 24, 2007

Accepted at: Nov. 27, 2007