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Curriculum Vitae (28/01/2018)

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Developing Non-conventional Materials and Cold Plasma Technique for Sustainable Solutions in Paper Heritage Conservation Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA-2011 call, Type 2
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.2-1281 2012 - 2016

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO); INSTITUTUL DE CHIMIE MACROMOLECULARA "PETRU PONI" (RO); UNIVERSITATEA "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA" IASI (RO); COMPLEXUL MUZEAL NAŢIONAL "MOLDOVA" IAŞI (RO); IMPEX ROMCATEL SA (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO)

Project website: http://www.paphercon.ro

Abstract:

Natural ageing of paper documents from museums, archives and libraries is responsible for a huge loss of documentary cultural heritage. The conservation of paper documents is aiming to extend their lifetime by removing the effect of damages and recovering their integrity. However, various conservation methods are applied without a deep knowledge on the interactions between paper support and the restoration medium and/or conservation materials, which could result in physical-chemical alterations and even to the lost of heritage objects. PAPHERCON project proposes new ecological conservation solutions that are respecting conservation principles of reversibility, minimal intervention and scientific objectivity. Proposed new conservation method will bring out following novelties and innovations:

- A reliable procedure to evaluate the effectiveness of conservation treatments, which will be based on interdisciplinary expertise of project consortium.

- New conservation materials based on chitosan nano-composites with specific functionalities for paper heritage conservation (anti-microbial, barriers and strength properties) as more sustainable alternatives to conventional cellulose derivatives.

- Cold HF plasma technique with extended functionality, which offers a fast, non-invasive and ecological solution for cleaning and sterilisation of paper items.

- Integration of the both steps in paper heritage conservation (cleaning/sterilisation with consolidation treatments) in a single technology by combining cold HF plasma treatments and multifunctional coatings based on chitosan derivatives.

The new conservation method will be implemented and validated at real scale by the applications on natural aged paper documents. Two working e-manuals will be elaborated to support the new conservation method. Each project phase involves dissemination activities: website, publications in ISI journals, communications to scientific events, organization of an international workshop.

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