Emerging Trends in the Protection of Cultural Properties—Novel Control Strategies and Preventive Approaches
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 417
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biology applied to cultural heritage conservation; treatments of biological colonization; monitoring of recolonization; testing and evaluation of conservation products; stone polychromy
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Interests: biodeterioration; biodegradation; biotechnology; environmental microbiology
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Special Issue Information
The durability of the world’s cultural heritage depends on many factors, mostly related to the surrounding environment with threats frequently coming from climatic conditions, climate change, air pollution, and biological colonization. Cultural heritage objects support life, and their preservation is at risk of deterioration by living organisms. At present, the importance of biodeterioration processes on historical artworks has attracted a growing amount of attention from the people in charge of their protection. Conservation strategies are mainly devoted to controlling biological development and to preventing its impact. This Special Issue aims to publish outstanding papers on novel advances in products, methods, and techniques for the prevention and control of organisms involved in the biodeterioration of cultural heritage. The application of ecofriendly processes that do not require the use of harmful materials has recently received growing consideration. The evaluation of their effectiveness, environmental impact, long-term effect, and harmlessness toward substrates have been the topics of many recent studies. Toxicity and environmental impact are important causes for concern today in the selection of products such as biocides. This Issue will also focus on analytical techniques suitable to assess the efficacy of control methods. Several diagnostic tools have been developed for in situ monitoring of the performance of methods and products and for the detection of possible risks, thus facilitating maintenance and management decisions.
Dr. Daniela Pinna
Prof. Beata Gutarowska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cultural heritage
- biodeterioration
- conservation strategies
- biocides
- ecofriendly processes
- control methods
- prevention
- maintenance
- analytical techniques
