Near-UV laser interaction with contaminants and pigments on parchment: Laser cleaning diagnostics by SE-microscopy, VIS-, and IR-spectroscopy

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Kautek, Wolfgang ^a   Pentzien, Simone ^a   Röllig, Mathias ^a   Rudolph, Pascale ^a   Krüger, J örg ^a   Maywald Pitellos, Claus ^b   Bansa, Helmut ^b   Grösswang, Heinz ^c   König, Eberhard ^d  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b Bayerische Staatsbibliothek   (Germany)

^c PHYMA GmbH   (Austria)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser; Parchment surface; Spectroscopy; Surface cleaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034239102     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(00)00177-1     Document Type: Article

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