Science and Cultural Heritage

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VIEWLAB Status

Participants:

Centro Fermi – Team: F. Casali, F. Albertin, F. Coccetti, G. Festa

Università di Bologna - Team: M. Morigi, M. Bettuzzi, R. Brancaccio Università Tor Vergata – Team: C. Andreani, R. Senesi

Places of Work:

Centro Fermi - Research Institution

Università degli Studi di Bologna - Research Institution

Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata - Research Institution

Giornate di Studio: Progetti del Centro Fermi 2019-2021, 18-19 December 2018

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VIEWLAB:

Science and Cultural Heritage

A laboratory for the study of

cultural heritage objects

@ Centro Fermi

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VIEWLAB:

Science and Cultural Heritage

RESEARCH TRAINING AND

DISSEMINATION

R&D

-Instrumentatio n

Measurements

Fixed

Instrumentation

High School Student Internship (Altern.

Scu. Lav. – ASL)

Master and PhD Students (from

Universities)

Visitors of the Centro Fermi

Museum

Students Mobile

Instrumentation

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THROUGH TARGET

on Ancient Objects

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Dissemination and Control Room X-ray Tomography

XRF+Raman

-1 Floor

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VIEWLAB: ^location

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VIEWLAB: ^Research

Why What

How

To solve archaeological and conservation problems

Application of scientific methods and technology to archaeological study.

Characterisation of materials: metals, woods, papers, bones, pottery, pigments, etc…

• X-ray tomography

• Raman spectroscopy

• X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

• Instrument development

“Archaeometry: the use of science and modern technology in archaeology to examine and interpret archaeological remains” - Collins Dictionary

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VIEWLAB:

Science and Cultural Heritage

Content?

Full or empty?

Seal?

Plug under the linen

stripes?

Etc.

INTEGRATED APPROACH:

Combination of chemical-physical techniques for achieving the objective

(fixed and portable techniques)

IDENTIFY THE GOAL

OF THE STUDY

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VIEWLAB: Portable and integrated XRF/Raman spectroscopies

Portable device

Artefact under study

To determine elemental/molecular chemical composition of the objects

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VIEWLAB: Portable and integrated XRF/Raman spectroscopies

Portable device

Artefact under study

APPLICATIONS:

o Paintings

o Surface pigments o Binding materials o Adhesives

o Residues

o Corrosion products o Etc…

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VIEWLAB: X-ray tomography

To

determine internal structure

of the objects

o Cabinet

o X-Ray tube 200 KV

o Flat panel Detector (area of 40x40cm

²

, resolution of 200mm)

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APPLICATIONS:

o Artifacts in general o Statues

o Woods

o Pottery and clays o Bones

o Etc…

VIEWLAB: X-ray tomography

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VIEWLAB:

Science and Cultural Heritage

ACCESS TO LARGE SCALE FACILITIES FOR ADDITIONAL ANALYSES:

Neutron beams Synchrotron radiation

Agreement between

Centro Fermi and STFC (UK)

G. Festa et al, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1 – 6 I. Bukreeva et al, Scientific Reports 6:27227

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VIEWLAB: ideas for training and dissemination

o Console for remote control

o Multimedia Tools for dissemination

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VIEWLAB Status - Instruments

XRF/Raman

 DONE: the identification of the radioprotection expert (esperto qualificato)

 IN PROGRESS: the purchase procedure for the portable Raman/XRF

 DONE: the laboratory programming document (timing and costs)

X-ray Tomography

MILESTONES 2018:

Th e Sc ie n ce A n d H er it a g e@ Fe rm i ( SA H F) p ro je ct

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VIEWLAB Status

 SUBMISSION DONE: Regione Lazio project VEROSH (Virtual EploRation Of Science History).

“Virtual Imaging to better understand the history of the via Panisperna Historical building, interacting with avatars of the most important people who worked at the Institute of Physics.”

PARTNER: Centro Fermi - in contact with the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa) for technical aspects.

FRAMEWORK: bando Regione Lazio “Tecnologie per la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale” del Distretto Tecnologico per le nuove

Tecnologie (DTC) applicate ai Beni e alle attività Culturali.

MILESTONES 2018:

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VIEWLAB Status

XRF/Raman

 SUBMISSION DONE: PRIN project 2018 nanoKHA (Instrumentation toolKit for a Holistic analysis of materials at the nAno scale).

“Develop an

instrumentation toolkit for the analysis of materials at the

nano scale unifying in a single system key analytical techniques such as Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, Raman

spectroscopy, Fourier-Transform InfraRed spectroscopy, Time Resolved-Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis and high

resolution neutron imaging.”

PARTNERS: TOV (coord), Centro Fermi, CNR-IPCF, Università degli Studi di FIRENZE

X-ray Tomography

MILESTONES 2018:

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VIEWLAB: the Future

o Radioprotection: cabinet design (esperto qualificato)

o Development and testing of the portable Raman/XRF and X-ray tomograph

o Scientific collaboration with the Museo Archeologico di Napoli (MANN)

o Lilibeo project (first analyses with the VIEWLAB instrumentation)

MILESTONES 2019:

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VIEWLAB: the Future

o Regione Lazio project VEROSH o PRIN project 2018

o FAMELAB 2019 – organization of the Rome selections:

«FameLab is the world’s leading science communication competition. Participants have just three minutes to win over the judges and crowd with a scientific talk that excels for its content, clarity and

Science and Cultural Heritage

VIEWLAB Status

VIEWLAB:

Science and Cultural Heritage

A laboratory for the study of

cultural heritage objects

@ Centro Fermi

VIEWLAB:

Science and Cultural Heritage

RESEARCH TRAINING AND

DISSEMINATION

Dissemination and Control Room X-ray Tomography

XRF+Raman

-1 Floor

VIEWLAB: location

VIEWLAB: Research

Why What

How

To solve archaeological and conservation problems

Application of scientific methods and technology to archaeological study.

• X-ray tomography

• Raman spectroscopy

• X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

• Instrument development

VIEWLAB:

Science and Cultural Heritage

Content?

Full or empty?

Seal?

Plug under the linen

stripes?

Etc.

INTEGRATED APPROACH:

Combination of chemical-physical techniques for achieving the objective

(fixed and portable techniques)

IDENTIFY THE GOAL

OF THE STUDY

VIEWLAB: Portable and integrated XRF/Raman spectroscopies

Portable device

Artefact under study

To determine elemental/molecular chemical composition of the objects

VIEWLAB: Portable and integrated XRF/Raman spectroscopies

Portable device

Artefact under study

APPLICATIONS:

o Paintings

o Surface pigments o Binding materials o Adhesives

o Residues

o Corrosion products o Etc…

VIEWLAB: X-ray tomography

To

determine internal structure

of the objects

o Cabinet

o X-Ray tube 200 KV

o Flat panel Detector (area of 40x40cm

, resolution of 200mm)

APPLICATIONS:

o Artifacts in general o Statues

o Woods

o Pottery and clays o Bones

o Etc…

VIEWLAB: X-ray tomography

VIEWLAB:

Science and Cultural Heritage

ACCESS TO LARGE SCALE FACILITIES FOR ADDITIONAL ANALYSES:

Neutron beams Synchrotron radiation

VIEWLAB: ideas for training and dissemination

o Console for remote control

o Multimedia Tools for dissemination

VIEWLAB Status - Instruments

XRF/Raman

 DONE: the identification of the radioprotection expert (esperto qualificato)

 IN PROGRESS: the purchase procedure for the portable Raman/XRF

 DONE: the laboratory programming document (timing and costs)

X-ray Tomography

MILESTONES 2018:

Th e Sc ie n ce A n d H er it a g e@ Fe rm i ( SA H F) p ro je ct

VIEWLAB Status

 SUBMISSION DONE: Regione Lazio project VEROSH (Virtual EploRation Of Science History).

VIEWLAB: ^location

VIEWLAB: ^Research