Computational Chemistry Meets Cultural Heritage: Challenges and Perspectives

摘要

Chemistry is central to addressing topics of interest in the cultural heritagenfield, offering particular insight into the nature and composition of the orig-ninal materials, the degradation processes that have occurred over the years, andnthe attendant physical and chemical changes. On the one hand, the chemicalncharacterization of the constituting materials allows researchers to unravel thenrich information enclosed in a work of art, providing insight into the manufac-nturing techniques and revealing aspects of artistic, chronological, historical, andnsociocultural significance. On the other hand, despite the recognized contribu-ntion of computational chemistry in many branches of materials science, this toolnhas only recently been applied to cultural heritage, largely because of the inher-nent complexity of art materials.