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Polyelectrolyte Coatings—A Viable Approach for Cultural Heritage Protection

Year: 2023

Type: review

Abstract: The continuous degradation of cultural heritage artifacts (due to different factors, including the rising air pollution, climate change or excessive biological activity, among others) requires the continuous development of protection strategies, technologies and materials. In this regard, polyelectrolytes have offered effective ways to fight against degradation but also to conserve the cultural heritage objects. In this review, we highlight the key developments in the creation and use of polyelectrolytes for the preservation, consolidation and cleaning of the cultural heritage artifacts (with particular focus on stone, metal and artifacts of organic nature, such as paper, leather, wood or textile). The state of the art in this area is presented, as well as future development perspectives.

Source: Materials

DOI: 10.3390/ma16072873

Authors: Ioana Cătălina Gîfu, Raluca Ianchiș, Cristina Lavinia Nistor, Cristian Petcu, Irina Fierascu, Radu Claudiu Fierascu

Institutions: Institutul Naţional de Cercetare Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie, Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest

Language: English

Topic: Building materials and conservation

Subfield: Earth-Surface Processes

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,558

Funder: Ministerul Cercetării, Inovării şi Digitalizării