In Situ Noninvasive Study of Artworks: The MOLAB Multitechnique Approach

摘要

Driven by the need to study precious and irreplaceable artworksnwithout compromising their integrity, researchers have under-ntaken numerous efforts to develop noninvasive analytical tools andnmethodologies that can provide a chemical description of culturalnheritage materials without any contact with the object. The chal-nlenge is that artworks are made of complex mixtures, often with het-nerogeneous and unknown layered materials. Their components mustnbe identified over a range of size scales, from the molecular iden-ntification of constituent compounds to the mapping of alterationnphases.