Advances in Analytical Methods for Cultural Heritage
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2024) | Viewed by 20660
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conservation science; analytical chemistry; cultural heritage
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Analytical methods of cultural heritage is the key to advancing current scholarship in the fields of archaeology, supporting conservation treatments, enhancing the accessibility and fruition of artifacts, and best preserving these aspects for future generations. In recent decades, cultural heritage research has undergone a science-based revolution, prompted and sustained by a number of contributing factors. Among these, the development, adaptation, and application of innovative analytical methodologies have enabled researchers to implement the ultrasensitive detection and identification of various classes of materials. Relentless research in the field of miniaturization has resulted in portable and handheld instrumentation where ever-improving performance is placing data quality in close proximity to well-established benchtop equipment. The recent introduction of hybrid systems that combine multiple analytical techniques has also paved the way for a more consistent and less time-consuming data acquisition. The fact that these advances generate enormous amounts of data, on the other hand, has highlighted the need for new integrated tools for data visualization, management, and sharing. Global challenges such as climate change and the depletion of natural resources have similarly prompted the use of cutting-edge digital and technological resources to identify or monitor environmentally responsible storage and display conditions for cultural heritage. This Special Issue will gather contributions on the latest advances in the field of analytical methods for cultural heritage, with a special focus on non-invasive approaches and portable equipment, hybrid instrumentation or hyphenated techniques, methodologies and strategies for improved preventive conservation, and newly proposed tools for data management and fusion.
Dr. Federica Pozzi
Dr. Catherine H. Stephens
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- conservation science
- analytical chemistry
- cultural heritage
- preventive conservation
- interdisciplinary research
- miniaturization
- hybrid instrumentation
- hyphenated techniques
- data fusion
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