Functional Coatings for Cultural Heritage Conservation

Dear Colleagues,

Today, a wide variety of film-forming materials are used for the protection and conservation of works of art. Coatings applied in the past have undergone transformations that have caused their morphological and structural properties to deteriorate. In order to verify the performance and durability of these materials, their chemical and physical characterisation is of paramount importance. It is also necessary to focus the research on the development of new eco-friendly materials that are compatible with the objects to be preserved and that can be removed with green solvents or other methods that do not affect the substrate.

The aim of this Special Issue is to expand the research into the development, characterisation and monitoring of materials that can be used as protective coatings on artworks of various types, compositions and sizes. Also of great interest is the definition of new methods for the removal and replacement of coatings, including the monitoring of the cleaning process.

Dr. Alice Dal Fovo
Dr. Raffaella Fontana
Guest Editors

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