Organic Mass Spectrometry in Art and Archaeology

by Colombini, Maria Perla; Modugno, Francesca

• ISBN13: 9780470517031
• ISBN10: 0470517034
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-28
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Offers an overview of the analysis of art and archaeological materials using techniques based on mass spectrometry Illustrates basic principles, procedures and applications of mass spectrometric techniques. Fills a gap in the field of application on destructive methods in the analysis of museum objects Edited by a world-wide respected specialists with extensive experience of the GC/MS analysis of art objects Such a handbook has been long-awaited by scientists, restorers and other experts in the analysis of art objects

Author Biography

Maria Perla Colombini is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Pisa. Her teaching activities are related to courses in analytical chemistry and the chemistry of cultural heritage. Her research is related to the development of analytical procedures based on spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques for the characterisation of micropollutants in the environment and of organic materials and their degradation products in works of art and archaeological objects. She is leader/participant of several national and international research projects for the safeguard of Cultural Heritage and coordinates the research group of the Laboratory of Chemical Sciences for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage. She is a member of the staff of the Chemistry of Environment and Cultural Heritage of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI). Her research has resulted in over 150 publications in refereed journals and books, and in over 200 lectures at national and international congresses.

Francesca Modugno is a Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Pisa, Italy. After graduation cum laude in Analytical Chemistry in 1997, she received her PhD in Chemical Science from University of Pisa in 2001. She teaches analytical chemistry and chemometrics and her research in the Laboratory of Chemical Science for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage, at the Department of Chemistry of University of Pisa, deals with the application of analytical methods based on chromatography and mass spectrometry to the characterisation and the study of the degradation of organic natural materials in historical and artistic objects, with specific attention to lipids, proteins, terpenic resins and natural waxes. She has published approximately 18 papers in the last six years.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Organic Materials in Art and Archaeology	p. 3
Overview of Mass Spectrometric Based Techniques Applied in the Cultural Heritage Field	p. 37
Direct Mass Spectrometric Analysis	p. 75
Direct Mass Spectrometric Techniques: Versatile Tools to Characterise Resinous Materials	p. 77
Direct Mass Spectrometry to Characterise Wax and Lipid Materials	p. 97
GALDI-MS Applied to Characterise Natural Varnishes and Binders	p. 131
MALDI-MS Applied to the Analysis of Protein Paint Binders	p. 165
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry	p. 189
GC/MS in the Characterization of Lipids	p. 191
GC/MS in the Characterisation of Resinous Materials	p. 215
GC/MS in the Characterisation of Protein Paint Binders	p. 237
SPME/GC-MS in the Characterisation of Terpenic Resins	p. 261
Py-GC/MS of Organic Paint Binders	p. 303
Py-GC/MS of Natural and Synthetic Resins	p. 327
Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry 363
Characterization of Organic Natural Dyes by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Coupled with HPLC and/or Capillary Electrophoresis	p. 365
Other Ms-Based Techniques	p. 389
Compound-specific Stable Isotopes in Organic Residue Analysis in Archaeology	p. 391
ToF-SIMS Study of Organic Materials in Cultural Heritage: Identification and Chemical Imaging	p. 433
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for 14C Dating	p. 459
Index	p. 483
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