Conservation Science for the Cultural Heritage : Applications of Instrumental Analysis - Varella, Evangelia A.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
General Considerations: On materials and artefacts -- Separation Techniques: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC) -- Capillary Electrophoresis --  Identification Techniques I: Imagine techniques -- The role of microscopy techniques in the study of cultural heritage materials -- Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy -- Solid state NMR -- Identification Techniques II: X-ray techniques and X-ray fluorescence with portable systems -- The Small Angle Scattering technique: an effective tool in the structural investigation of archaeologically relevant specimens -- Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction in cultural heritage science: The winning duo of structural and elemental analysis -- Particle induced X-ray emission spectroscopy in conservation science -- Atomic absorption spectroscopy in conservation science -- Thermal analysis techniques -- Applying the Techniques on Materials I: Identification of natural dyes in 13th Century textiles by HPLC-DAD detection --  Identification of natural dyes by RP-HPLC-DAD and natural dyeing procedures -- Liquid chromatographic analysis of ancient Egyptian organic material -- Binding media identification in art objects by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry --  FT Infrared Spectroscopy as an identification tool in polychrome artefact studies -- Solid state NMR to characterize paper and parchment samples from a 16th century book -- Case studies on textile studies with Scanning Electron Microscopy -- Physicochemical methods of analysis for the study of archaeological textiles -- Identification of purple by means of Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography /Mass Spectrometry -- Applying the Techniques on Materials II: The application of back-scattered scanning electron microscopy to unravel building stone decay mechanisms in urban environments --  Application of microscopy, X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and stable-isotope geochemistry in provenance determination of the white marbles used in the ancient Great Theatre of Larisa, Thessaly, Greece -- Case studies: Investigation of mortars by Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy --  Mortars-Thermal analysis -- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy measurements for the corrosion behaviour evaluation of epoxy - (organo) clays nanocomposite coatings -- Study of Vatican masterpieces -- Laser applications in cultural heritage preservation. .
Keywords: Analytical chemistry; Cultural heritage; Materials science; Analytical Chemistry; Cultural Heritage; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials