This WP will focus on the set-up and the application of innovative non-invasive and micro-invasive analytical methods, and their integration in a modular analytical protocol for the identification of materials, the monitoring of the conservation state, and the assessment of the effects of the conservation treatments. In detail:
• in situ non-invasive analytical approaches based on spectroscopies, hyperspectral techniques and the use of unmanned air vehicle platforms equipped with hyperspectral camera in the visible up to 900 nm range, a multispectral imager in the visible range, and a thermal camera in the infrared region;
• laboratory microanalytical approaches based on mass spectrometry coupled with chromatography and with analytical pyrolysis, a pivotal technique for the characterization of synthetic polymers will be complemented by other thermo-analytical, chromatographic, and mass spectrometric approaches.
All these new analytical methods will be integrated in a modular way into a protocol, to be tailored to specific conservation queries. The protocol will be aimed not only to characterization, but also to the control of cleaning/protection treatments and long-term monitoring of the state of conservation of the works of art.