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Nanoscience for Art Conservation: Oil‐in‐Water Microemulsions Embedded in a Polymeric Network for the Cleaning of Works of Art
Author(s) -
Carretti Emiliano,
Fratini Emiliano,
Berti Debora,
Dei Luigi,
Baglioni Piero
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200904244
Subject(s) - microemulsion , schematic , polymer , aqueous solution , materials science , polymer science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , pulmonary surfactant , composite material , engineering , electronic engineering
As good as new : Oil‐in‐water nanocontainers within an aqueous polymer network were effective for the low‐impact selective cleaning of painted and gilded surfaces. Interactions with the polymer (black in the schematic illustration) did not alter the structure of the microemulsion nanodroplets (light blue and red) significantly. A photograph of an equilibrated mixture of the microemulsion and the polymer is shown.