Author/Authors :
Moropoulou, Antonia LaboratoryofMaterialsScience&Engineering - SchoolofChemicalEngineering - NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens - 9IroonPolytechniouStr. - ZografouCampus - Athens15780, Greece , Delegou, EkateriniT. LaboratoryofMaterialsScience&Engineering - SchoolofChemicalEngineering - NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens - 9IroonPolytechniouStr. - ZografouCampus - Athens15780, Greece , Ntoutsi, Ioanna LaboratoryofMaterialsScience&Engineering - SchoolofChemicalEngineering - NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens - 9IroonPolytechniouStr. - ZografouCampus - Athens15780, Greece , Zendri, Elisabetta DepartmentofEnvironmentalSciences - InformaticsandStatistics - Ca’FoscariUniversityofVenice - Mestre - (Venice), Italy , Balliana, Eleonora DepartmentofEnvironmentalSciences - InformaticsandStatistics - Ca’FoscariUniversityofVenice - Mestre - (Venice), Italy , Ortiz, Pilar DepartamentodeSistemasFísicos - QuímicosyNaturales - UniversidadPablodeOlavide - ES-41013Seville, Spain , Becerra, Javier DepartamentodeSistemasFísicos - QuímicosyNaturales - UniversidadPablodeOlavide - ES-41013Seville, Spain , Ortiz, Rocío DepartamentodeSistemasFísicos - QuímicosyNaturales - UniversidadPablodeOlavide - ES-41013Seville, Spain
Abstract :
Scanningmicroscopytechniqueshaveemergedaspowerfulscientifictoolsforanalysingmaterialsofarchitecturalorarchaeologicalinterest, sincethecommercializationofthefirstscanningelectronmicroscopyinstrumentationintheearly60s. Thisstudyisaimedatreviewingandhighlightingthesignificanceofseveralscanningmicroscopytechniquesemployedintheprotectionofbuiltheritage. Thediffusionofscanningelectronmicroscopywithenergy-dispersiveX-rayspectroscopyanalysis(SEM-EDX) isproventobethewidestamongtheavailablescanningmicroscopytechniques, whiletransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM) applicationsaresteadilypresentinthefieldofbuiltheritageprotection. Thebuildingmaterialcharacterization,theweatheringmechanisminvestigation,andthedevelopmentofcompatibleandperformingconservationmaterialsaresomemajorresearchareaswheretheapplicationoftheaforementionedtechniquesisdiscussed. Therangeoftechniques,alongwithaspectsofinstrumentationandsamplepreparationare,also,considered
Keywords :
ScanningMicroscopyTechnique , AssessmentTool , MaterialsandIntervention , ProtectionofBuiltCulturalHeritage