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During January 2005, two Eu-ARTECH events have been held in Amsterdam, hosted and organised by ICN: I-a workshop on “Non-destructive analysis of cultural heritage artefacts”, 12 th January; II-the 1 st Year Interim Meeting, 13 th -15 th January. The Minute of the workshop is reported in the following. (On January 13 th , the MOLAB Peer Review Committee meeting was also held. The report on this latter meeting will be annexed to the Annual Report). I - <strong>Workshop</strong> on “Non destructive analysis of cultural heritage artefacts” (Amsterdam, January 12 th , 2005) Networking Activity 1- Task 1: Sharing knowledge and resources (<strong>Workshop</strong> Resp.: M. van Bommelt and A.Tagle, ICN) The one-day workshop was held within Eu-ARTECH networking activity 1 - Sharing knowledge and resources- as conclusion of a survey on the state-of-the-art of non-destructive techniques for applications in artwork studies and conservation in Europe. Behind the goal of the task, the workshop was an occasion for dissemination of knowledge and diffusion of information on Eu- ARTECH activities, including AGLAE and MOLAB Access programmes. The Agenda was the following: 9:00 - 9:30 Introductory remarks by A. Tagle , ICN, Amsterdam, J.L. Boutaine , C2RMF, Paris; B.Brunetti, Eu-ARTECH Coordinator, Perugia 9:30 -10:00 J. Salomon, C2RMF, Paris - Recent development on the AGLAE ion beam analysis facility 10:00-10:30 A. Adriaens , Gent University-COST G8 chairperson - The use of non- destructive techniques in COST Action G8: past activities and future perspectives 10:30 -11:00 E. Pantos, Daresbury Synchrotron Laboratory, UK - Applications of synchrotron radiation 11:00 - 11-30 Coffe Break 11:30-12:00 D. Visser, Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, Chilton, UK - Neutron diffraction studies on cultural heritage 12:10 -12:30 M. Rossbach, IAEA, Wien, Applications of neutron activation analysis to pre- Hispanic ceramics: results of a co-ordinated research programme of the IAEA 12:30-13:30 Lunch Buffet 13:30-14:00 C. Miliani, CNR-ISTM and Centre SMAArt, University of Perugia – First examples of MOLAB campaign 14:00-14:30 J. Perlo, RWTH – Aachen, D - Applications of NMR techniques 14:30-15:00 R. Salimbeni, CNR-IFAC Firenze, I, COST G7 Chairperson - Laser techniques in conservation 15:00-15:30 Coffe Break 15:30-16:00 M.Dubus , C2RMF Paris, F - Use of in-situ corrosion monitors for cultural heritage buildings survey 16:00-16:30 K. Janssens , Antwerp University, B - The PRAXIS project, portable XRF & Raman instrumentation dedicated to artwork analysis 16:30–17:00 P.Wyeth, University of Southhampton (Textile Conservation Centre), UK - Ascertaining the condition of historic textiles: monitoring deterioration using infrared and Raman spectroscopy 17:00-18:30 Drink The initiative was publicised through the contacts that Eu-ARTECH established with several laboratories in Europe and with other European organisations and projects, such as COST G7 and COST G8. A significant success was obtained, as witnessed by the participation of 72 researchers 2
from 11 countries, belonging to 25 institutions “external” to the Consortium, including museums, universities, research centres and SME’s. From the interventions of the speakers (some of them were invited by Eu-ARTECH) emerged clearly how the application of the most advanced techniques of material science (such as those of MOLAB or AGLAE or those involving large scale facilities such as synchrotrons, neutron sources or laser centres) are today offering unprecedented level of information, while new techniques are opening new perspectives, including non-destructive analytical studies of materials below the external surface. The workshop was formally divided in two parts. The first part (morning) was devoted to laboratory non-destructive techniques, while the second part (afternoon) was dedicated to the application of portable equipments. During the first part, J.Salomon (C2RMF) presented recent advancements of AGLAE, which substantially improve the performances of the laboratory open to Transnational Access. A. Adriaens (COST G8 chairperson) presented the more advanced applications of non-destructive techniques to museum objects, as emerged from COST G8 activities. E.Pantos (SRS,Daresbury) and D.Visser (ISIS, Chilton) presented several cases of applications of synchrotron radiation and neutron scattering techniques, respectively. They made several examples clearly showing the high potentialities of large scale facilities in giving accurate information useful both for archaeometric studies or problem solving in conservation. Finally, M. Rossbach (IAEA, Wien) presented the results of a co-ordinated research programme of the IAEA on the applications of neutron activation analysis. In the second part, C. Miliani (UNI-PG) presented the first results obtained by Transantional Access to MOLAB at the Museum of Fine Arts of Besancon (study of the Lamentation on the Dead Christ of Agnolo Bronzino, 1545): the coupling of information from several measurements, ranging from high-resolution IR-colour reflectography, to microprophilometry, fluorescence imaging, XRF, FT-IR and micro-fluorescence, allowed users to obtain a unique and rich set of information essential to proceed to a correct restoration of the painting. J.Perlo (RWTH, Aachen) showed the potentialities of NMR relaxation techniques for stratigraphic studies of paintings without any sampling. R. Salimbeni (COST G7 chairperson) made a general review of the state-ofthe-art in the application of laser techniques to artwork studies and to their restoration, showing the more recent significant results and drawing future perspectives. M.Dubus (C2RMF) presented recent results in the monitoring of corrosions in buildings. K.Janssens (University of Antwerp) showed the advantages of applications of portable equipments capable to carry out, in the same point, analyses by different approaches, such as XRF and micro-Raman. Finally, P.Weith presented recent examples of monitoring of historical textiles using infrared and Raman spectroscopy. At the end of the day, underlining that the development of new methodologies for nondestructive analyses is certainly one of the challenging tasks for the research in the field during the next years, the Coordinator reminded the main line of development of the Consortium activities, announcing other future Eu-ARTECH workshops open to external participants. One of these will regard organic substance analyses. 3
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