Year: 2020

Poly(vinyl chloride) in art and design collections

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Tjaša Rijavec, Matija Strlič and Irena Kralj Cigić recently published the invited feature paper “Plastics in Heritage Collections: Poly(vinyl chloride) Degradation and Characterization” in Acta Chimica Slovenica. Museums and galleries house significant collections of objects and contemporary art made of plastic materials, many of which undergo rapid material change. Degradation results in visible discolouration, stickiness …

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Material characterisation of a painted beehive panel

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Researchers from the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenian Ethnographic Museum and Clyde Hyperspectral Imaging & Technology published the paper »Material characterisation of a painted beehive panel by advanced spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques in combination with hyperspectral imaging«. Painted beehive …

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Characterisation and durability of Xuan paper

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Researchers from the Institute for Sustainable Heritage of the University College London, the Heritage Science Lab Ljubljana, and Sichuan Museum in Chengdu, China, recently published the article titled: »Characterisation and durability of contemporary unsized Xuan paper«. Xuan paper is a traditional Chinese handmade paper often used for Chinese calligraphy and painting, and is the preferred …

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Data mining of a historical reference material database

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At the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana, a substantial research collection of historic paper is available to researchers through E-RIHS.si. The collection was assembled and fully characterised in the EU research project SurveNIR, coordinated by professor Matija Strlic. Through the use of a number of multivariate data visualisation and analysis tools, it was shown that acidity …

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Nanotechnology-based treatments for paper conservation evaluated

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Researches from the National and University Library of Slovenia, the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the University of Ljubljana and the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana published the article titled »Nano calcium carbonate vs nano calcium hydroxide in alcohols as a deacidification medium for lignocellulosic paper«. Deacidification is still the dominant paper …

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Heritage Science Lab Participates in the IPERION HS Project

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The IPERION HS project, starting on 1 April 2020, continues the mission of previous IPERION CH and CHARISMA projects towards the establishment of the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science. The purpose of IPERION HS is to develop integrated access to MOLAB, ARCHLAB and FIXLAB platforms for access to a wide range of high-level scientific …

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Interview with Professor Strlič

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In the frame of the series “Images of Knowledge”, Nina Slaček of the Radio ARS of the Slovenian National Broadcasting Corporation interviewed professor Strlič on 14 February 2020. This was a wide-ranging interview, but generally focusing on heritage science as a domain, its inherent interdisciplinarity, and a selection of research topics from library preservation to …

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