Abstract
The HAP4MARBLE Project is aimed at developing a new multi-functional treatment for conservation of marble artworks in Cultural Heritage (CH) and validating it in the field. Marble has been widely used in architecture and sculpture since antiquity, but it is subject to several weathering processes, predicted to be worsened by future climate change. Because not fully satisfying treatment currently exists against these weathering processes, the project was aimed at multi-functionalizing a recently proposed biomimetic treatment based on hydroxyapatite (HAP), to make it able to tackle all the main marble degradation processes (sugaring, soiling, dissolution and bowing). This target requires a multi-disciplinary research activity, combining materials science, biomaterials, micro-mechanics, petrophysics and CH conservation. Such an approach was possible by merging competences and laboratory facilities of the 3 involved Organizations: Princeton University, the University of Göttingen and the University of Bologna, where the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Dr. Enrico Sassoni, spent 18, 6 and 12 months, respectively.
Durata del progetto/Project duration
2015-2018
Unibo Team Leader/Responsabile scientifico/Responsabile locale
UNIBO supervisor: Dr. Franzoni Elisa, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow: Dr. Enrico Sassoni
Coordinator/Coordinatore/Responsabile Nazionale
DICAM, University of Bologna
Partnership
Princeton University (USA), University of Göttingen (Germany)
Finanziamento/Contribution/Budget
Total Eu Contribution: euro 244.269
Sito web
https://events.unibo.it/hap4marble