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. […]
Design and contemporary art
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Multi-analytical investigation of design objects and contemporary artworks The research provides methods of micro-and non-invasive investigation for the study of the preservation state of design objects and contemporary artworks. The conservation of plastic artefacts is complex and challenging due to several factors such as their short lifetime, the wide variety […]
Conservation strategies for the preservation of plastic artefacts Yellowing, loss of mechanical and optical properties, are just some of the damage suffered by polymeric materials with ageing. It is very important to try to develop new conservative methodologies able to retrieve the properties of materials, slow degradation processes or even […]