The research activity within HAP4MARBLE is aimed at developing a new multi-functional treatment for conservation of marble artworks in Cultural Heritage and validating it in the field. Marble has been widely used in architecture and sculpture since antiquity, but it is subject to several weathering processes, predicted to be worsened by future climate change. Because not fully satisfying treatment currently exists against these weathering processes, HAP4MARBLE will be aimed at multi-functionalizing a recently proposed biomimetic treatment based on hydroxyapatite (HAP), to make it able to tackle all the main marble degradation processes (i.e., sugaring, soiling, dissolution and bowing). This target requires a multi-disciplinary research activity, combining materials science, biomaterials, micro-mechanics, petrophysics and Cultural Heritage conservation. Such an approach will be possible by merging competences of the three international experts involved in the project and making use of laboratory facilities available at the three hosting Organizations. The reseach Fellow (Dr. Enrico Sassoni) will spend an outgoing phase at Princeton University (1.5 years) and at Gottingen University (0.5 year), then a final year at the University of Bologna.
HAP4MARBLE: Multi-functionalization of hydroxyapatite for restoration and preventive conservation of marble artworks (Horizon 2020, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship/Global Fellowship, H2020-MSCA-IF-2014-GF, Project N. 655239)
FRANZONI, ELISA
2018
Abstract
The research activity within HAP4MARBLE is aimed at developing a new multi-functional treatment for conservation of marble artworks in Cultural Heritage and validating it in the field. Marble has been widely used in architecture and sculpture since antiquity, but it is subject to several weathering processes, predicted to be worsened by future climate change. Because not fully satisfying treatment currently exists against these weathering processes, HAP4MARBLE will be aimed at multi-functionalizing a recently proposed biomimetic treatment based on hydroxyapatite (HAP), to make it able to tackle all the main marble degradation processes (i.e., sugaring, soiling, dissolution and bowing). This target requires a multi-disciplinary research activity, combining materials science, biomaterials, micro-mechanics, petrophysics and Cultural Heritage conservation. Such an approach will be possible by merging competences of the three international experts involved in the project and making use of laboratory facilities available at the three hosting Organizations. The reseach Fellow (Dr. Enrico Sassoni) will spend an outgoing phase at Princeton University (1.5 years) and at Gottingen University (0.5 year), then a final year at the University of Bologna.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
