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Conservation and Restoration Summer University Analytical techniques in cultural heritage |
Aveiro University (Portugal) 3-7th September, 2012 |
Raman microscopy: a powerful tool in cultural heritage
Raman microscopy has been an invaluable analytical technique in the study and characterization of cultural heritage artefacts for the past 30 years. The scope of materials analysed is very vast, from paintings to metals and biological samples.
This class will cover some fundamental points of Raman spectroscopy, its advantages for conservation science, followed by some examples of case studies.
- Introduction to the theory of Raman spectroscopy as a vibrational spectroscopy tool. Some theoretical aspects and information retrieved from spectra.
- Advantages and disadvantages of Raman microscopy in conservation science. Scopes of materials studied.
- Colour palette in Medieval and Islamic illumination, and degradation issues.
- Glass and glazes.
- Mapping in Raman microscopy.
X-ray fluorescence
Luísa Carvalho
Synchrotron radiation
Martin Radkte
Raman microscopy
Vânia Muralha
Analysis of mortars
António Santos Silva
Synthetic polymers
Ruth Chercoles
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