CiQUS researcher Massimo Lazzari presented last week in Göteborg the scientific results obtained so far within the framework of European Project ‘NanoRestArt’ during its First Annual Consortium Meeting.
Professor Lazzari presented recently in Sweden the main results achieved by his team within the framework of European Project 'NanoRestart' throughout two talks about the application of new diagnosis techniques in the analysis of materials used in Contemporary Art, particularly focused on the SERS technique (Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy) which is intended to study the aging of plastic materials in artwork.
Project features
«NanoRestArt» is an European initiative within Horizon 2020, focused on the synthesis of novel poly-functional nanomaterials and on the development of highly innovative restoration techniques to address the conservation of a wide variety of materials mainly used by modern and contemporary artists.
In NanoRestart, enterprises and academic centers of excellence in the field of synthesis and characterization of nano- and advanced materials have joined forces with complementary conservation institutions and freelance restorers. This multidisciplinary approach will cover the development of different materials in response to real conservation needs, the testing of such materials, the assessment of their environmental impact, and their industrial scalability.