Abstract

Biological agents play an important role in the deterioration of cultural heritage causing aesthetic, biogeophysical and biogeochemical damages. Conservation is based on the use of preventive and remedial methods. The former aims at inhibiting biological attack, and the latter aims at eradicating the biological agents responsible for biodeterioration. Here, we propose the preparation and the analytical characterisation of copper-based nanocoating, capable of acting both as a remedy and to prevent microbial proliferation. Core–shell CuNPs are mixed with a siliconbased product, commonly used as a water-repellent/consolidant, to obtain a combined bioactive system to be applied on stone substrates. The resulting coatings exert a marked biological activity over a long period of time due to the continuous and controlled release of copper ions acting as biocides. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a multifunctional material is proposed, combining the antimicrobial properties of nanostructured coatings with those of the formulations applied to the restoration of stone artworks. A complete characterisation based on a multitechnique analytical approach is presented.

Autore Pugliese

• Mangone Annarosa , Sabbatini Luigia , Cioffi Nicola , Ditaranto Nicoletta

Tutti gli autori

• MANGONE A.;VAN DER WERF I.D.;SABBATINI L.;CIOFFI N.;DITARANTO N.

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Anno di pubblicazione

2011

ISSN

1618-2642

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Numero di citazioni Wos

19

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Numero di citazioni Scopus

27

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