The characterization of aged standard polymeric materials
The research activity is about the characterization of standard polymeric materials used in design and contemporary art in order to study patterns and mechanisms of degradation. The multi-analytical diagnostic tests are carried out on selected materials preliminary artificially aged under mild solar conditions. Such process aims to reproduce the museum environment and thus replicating the degradation observed in real samples. (Project concluded in 2015)
Contact person: Daniela Saviello
- D. Saviello, E. Pouyet, L. Toniolo, M. Cotte, A. Nevin, “Synchrotron-based FTIR microspectroscopy for the mapping of photo-oxidation and additives in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene model samples and historical objects” 2014, in press on Analytica Chimica Acta
- F. Toja, D. Saviello, A. Nevin, D. Comelli, M. Lazzari, M. Levi, L. Toniolo, “The degradation of poly(vinylacetate) as a material for design objects: a multi-analytical study of the effect of dibutyl phthalate plasticizer.Part 1.” Polym Degrad Stab 2012; 97-11: 2441-2448
- F. Toja, D. Saviello, A. Nevin, D. Comelli, M. Lazzari, G. Valentini, L. Toniolo, “The degradation of poly(vinyl acetate) as a material for design objects: a multi-analytical study of the effect of dibutyl phthalate plasticizer. Part 2.” Polym Degrad Stab 2013 Vol. 98, Issue 11, Pages 2215-2223
