In past decades, interest in using nanomaterials for the preservation of valuable cultural heritage was rapidly increased due to their excellent properties.In the present study, a biomimic method for the consolidation of sandstone (i.e.Serena stone) by hydroxyapatite was investigated.The strategy is to mimic the growth of bone like crystals: calcium (as Ca(OH)2 nanoparticles) and phosphorus (as diammonium hydrogen phosphate) are introduced into stone substrate and then, mineralized in-situ at room temperature.Before the treatments, Ca(OH)2 nanoparticles have been synthesized and characterized by different methods: scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS).In addition to that, the conservation efficacy was ascertained by measuring physical-structural properties, especially the resistance to weathering induced by salt crystallization.
The dizinc(II) complex of an octamine containing the anthracene subunit binds both the imidazolate anion and the imidazolate moiety of L-histidine, and signals the binding through the fluorescence quenching of the fluorophore.
Neutral anion receptors (LH) form stable 1 : 1 H-bond [LH...X]- complexes with carboxylates, halides and phosphate (X-). Some of the [LH...X]- complexes, in presence of an excess of X-, release an HX fragment, with formation of [HX2]- and the deprotonated receptor L-. The tendency towards deprotonation increases with the acidity of the receptor and with the stability of the [HX2]- self-complex. Thus, the more acidic thiourea containing receptor deprotonates in the presence all the investigated anions except chloride, whereas the less acidic urea containing receptor undergoes deprotonation only in the presence of fluoride, due to the high stability of [HF2]-.
L’articolo illustra alcune delle attivita di ricerca e dei metodi sviluppati presso il Laboratorio Arvedi di Diagnostica non Invasiva per lo studio degli strumenti musicali antichi, con particolare interesse agli strumenti ad arco. Le opere di celebri liutai quali Stradivari, Amati e Guarneri, attualmente ospitati all’interno del Museo del Violino di Cremona, vengono analizzate da un team di ricercatori con tecniche totalmente non distruttive e non invasive secondo un protocollo sperimentale costruito ad hoc.