The potential of UV femtosecond laser ablation for varnish removal in the restoration of painted works of art

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 254, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6875-6879

  Pouli, Paraskevi ^a   Paun, Irina Alexandra ^a,b   Bounos, Giannis ^a,c   Georgiou, Savas ^a   Fotakis, Costas ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ablation; Femtosecond; Painted artworks; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ETCHING; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IRRADIATION; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; RESTORATION; SAPPHIRE;

FEMTOSECOND ABLATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER PROCESSING; FEMTOSECOND UV LASERS; FEMTOSECONDS; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; NANOSECOND PULSE; PAINTED ARTWORKS; TENTATIVE MODELS;

VARNISH;

EID: 49549119551     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.04.106     Document Type: Article

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